THE MANUAL 
FOR LEADERS 




THE ORDER OF 
SIR GALAHAD 




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GALAHAD THE DELIVERER 

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Copyright by Edwin A. Abbey. From a Copley Print, copyright by Curtis and 
Cameron, Publishers, Boston 



SIR GALAHAD 

My good blade carves the casques of men, 
My tough lance thrusteth sure, 

My strength is as the strength of ten, 
Because my heart is pure. 



How sweet are looks that ladies bend 
On whom their favors fall! 

For them I battle till the end, 
To save from shame and thrall. 



So pass I hostel, hall and grange; 

By bridge and ford, by park and pale; 
All-armed I ride, whate'er betide, 

Until I find the Holy Grail. 

Tennyson. 



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THE MANUAL 
FOR LEADERS 

of 

THE ORDER OF 
SIR GALAHAD 

Incorporated 



A CLUB FOR BOYS 
AND MEN OF THE 
EPISCOPAL CHURCH 




Published by 

THE ORDER OF SIR GALAHAD, INC. 

Boston, Massachusetts 
1921 









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Copyright 1921 
By The Order of Sir Galahad, Inc. 



Atlantic Printing Company 
Boston, Mass. 



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THE RECTOR 

AND 

COURT OF THE ORDER OF SIR GALAHAD 

OF 

ST. STEPHEN'S PARISH 
Lynn, Massachusetts 

gratefully provide for the publication of 
THIS MANUAL 

AS A 

THANK OFFERING 

FOR THE RESTORATION TO HEALTH 
OF THE 

REV. HERBERT LANSDOWNE JOHNSON 

WHOSE UNCEASING LABOR FOR THE BOYS OF THE PARISH 

ENTITLES HIM TO RANK AS A LEADER 

AMONG THOSE WHO ARE GIVING THEIR LIVES 

FOR THE ONCOMING MEN OF THE CHURCH 



P R E F A C E 

The Order <>l Sir Galahad, [ncorporated, has place 
among the organizations working for boys and young 
men as an order especially designed for these who are 
or m.iY become actively connected with the Episcopal 
Church. 

Two editions of the- Manual have been published, 
one under date of L910, the other under date of 1915. 
This, the third edition, revised, greatly enlarged, 
and extensively enriched, is now presented. 

A Church strong in boys will be strong in men. 
The Order of Sir ( ralahad asserts wit houl qualifical ion 
thai it has power in the hands of conscientious and 
devoted Leaders to build into any Parish two funda- 
mental elements of strength: — Boys, Men. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

In acknowledging the various sources from which 
The Order of Sir Galahad has derived assistance in 
compiling this Manual, mention should be made 
especially of the Knights of King Arthur, an organiza- 
tion to which The Order of Sir Galahad is indebted 
for the one big idea of chivalry with its three Degrees 
and for the idea of Vows and Initiations; of the Boy 
Scouts of America, for the Galahad Edition of the 
Scout Handbook; of the Association Press, for per- 
mission to adapt material found in the Christian 
Citizenship Training Program and for the privilege 
of using a cut, "His New Day"; of John Martin's 
Book House Publishers, Inc., for permission to adapt 
certain prayers from "A Book of Prayers for Little 
Men and Little Women"; of the American Book Com- 
pany, for permission to use cuts from Baldwin's 
"Stories of the King"; and of Curtis and Cameron, 
publishers of the Copley Prints, for permission, much 
valued, to reproduce the Abbey Pictures. 

As a matter of record, it may be proper to state 
here that the Reverend Ernest J. Dennen, the founder 
of the Order, had the assistance of the late Reverend 
Henry Morgan Stone in the formulation of the 
Rituals first adopted for it, and the assistance of the 
Reverend Charles Hastings Brown and the Reverend 
Lyman Rollins in the further development of the 
Rituals as published in the earlier editions of the 
Manual. Mr. Dennen wrote much of the new mate- 
rial contained in this Manual; the Reverend Herbert 
Lansdowne Johnson made a great contribution in the 
programs, which are largely his work; the Reverend 
Doctor Samuel Smith Drury contributed the section 
on "Chivalry — Ancient and Modern"; and the Rev- 
erend Arthur Osgood Phinney contributed among 
other things several new Rituals. 

Acknowledgment is gratefully made to the Publica- 
tion Committee for thorough and careful revision, 
and to all who by their bestowal of time and labor 
have contributed to the Manual. 



HOW THE MANUAL WAS BUILT 

The task of preparing this Manual was originally 
assumed by a group of thirty clergymen and laymen 
of the Dioceses of Massachusetts, commissioned by 
the Supreme D'rector and Council of The Order of 
Sir Galahad. This group, known as the Publication 
Committee, consisted of the following persons: 

The Reverend Messrs. Donald B. Aldrich, Charles 
Hastings Brown, Charles H. Collett, Ernest J. Den- 
nen, Edward Everett, Frederick W. Fitts, Charles T. 
Hall, Herbert L. Johnson, W. Appleton Lawrence, 
John S. Moses, DuBose Murphy, Charles Russell 
Peck, Arthur O. Phinney, Malcom E. Peabody, 
William H. Pettus, John W. Suter, Jr., Henry K. 
Sherrill, and Howard R. Weir, and the Messrs. Lyscom 
A. Bruce, George A. Crawford, Everett L. Delaney, 
W. H. Duncanson, Forrest King, Frank W. Lincoln, 
Jr., Ormond E. Loomis, Charles E. Mason, G. Gardner 
Monks, J. Wilbert Prescott, Stuart Craig Rand, and 
Lewis K. Urquhart. 

Sub-committees were appointed, and to each 
specific duties were assigned. Frequently through 
the winter of 1920-1921 they met separately and 
together to discuss, adopt, or reject the material 
presented. A well-considered mass of material 
resulted from this collaboration. 

Having received from the Publication Committee 
this material, the Supreme Director and Council pro- 
ceeded to put it into form for publication. To this 
end a small group of the Council withdrew from the 
distractions of other affairs for a week spent wholly 
in conference and labor upon the unification of the 
manuscript. 

This Manual, as the result of the joint endeavor of 
the Publication Committee and the Supreme Director 
and Council of The Order of Sir Galahad, is now 



placed on sale in the hope that it may serve greatly 
to advance organized work for boys in the Episcopal 
Church, through the medium of The Order of Sir 
Galahad, Inc. 

(Signed) The Supreme Director and Council 

Ernest J. Dennen, Supreme Director, 

Charles Hastings Brown, 

Lyscom A. Bruce, 

Herbert L. Johnson, 

W. Appleton Lawrence, 

Frank W. Lincoln, Jr., 

Ormond E. Loomis, 

Charles E. Mason, 

G. Gardner Monks, 

Arthur 0. Phinney, 

Stuart Craig Rand, 

Lewis K. Urquhart. 



THE INCORPORATORS OF THE ORDER 

January 14, 1921, The Order of Sir Galahad was 
incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts 

"for the purpose of promoting units of The 
Order of Sir Galahad in churches as a means 
of building up the religious life and character 
of boys and men, and bringing them into 
closer relations with the Church, through a 
progressive program based upon their inter- 
ests and the traditions of chivalry," 

with the following persons as incorporators: 

The Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, D.D., 

The Very Rev. Edmund S. Rousmaniere, D.D., 

The Rev. Endicott Peabody, D.D., 

The Rev. Ernest J. Dennen, 

The Rev. W. Appleton Lawrence, 

Philip S. Parker, Esq., 

Robert H. Gardiner, Esq., 

Mr. Charles E. Mason, 

Mr. Ormond E. Loomis, 

Stuart Craig Rand, Esq. 




IRrmsof Che 

Order of J5ir©alahad 



THE GALAHAD COAT OF ARMS 

The significance in detail of the Galahad Coat of 
Arms is so expressed that it can be easily memorized, 
as it ought to be by the members of the Order : 

The shield is our official Coat of Arms. The 
colors, red and white, are our official colors. 
Blue is added to make up the national tri-color 
of our flag and that of England, whence we get 
the story of Sir Galahad. The common bond of 
brotherhood between the nations is thus sym- 
bolized as an ideal. Blue symbolizes truth. 
White symbolizes purity of life. Red symbolizes 
courage. The five stars stand for our five degrees 
with their respective vows. The cross stands for 
the Church. The lion stands for strength. The 
cross of red, the field of white, the rampant lion 
and the stars are emblems anciently attributed 
to Sir Galahad. 



CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTION 



Section 1. Historical Sketch 

Section 2. The Order of Sir Galahad: Its Scope .... 
Section 3. The Relation of The Order of Sir Galahad to 

the Boy Scouts of America 

Section 4. The Relation of The Order of Sir Galahad to 

the Christian Citizenship Training Program 
Section 5. The Relation of The Order of Sir Galahad to 

the Church School Service League .... 
Section 6. The Relation of The Order of Sir Galahad t£> 

the Junior Department of the Brotherhood 

of St. Andrew 



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Section 2. 
Section 3. 



CHAPTER II 

INFORMATION IN BRIEF 

The Place of The Order of Sir Galahad in the 

Circle of Parish Boy Life 

In a Nutshell 

What Constitutes a Standardized Unit .... 



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CHAPTER III 

THE HOLY GRAIL 

Section 1. The Galahad Story, as Interpreted by the 

Abbey Pictures 

Section 2. Chivalry — Ancient and Modern 



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CHAPTER IV 

STARTING THE ORDER OF SIR GALAHAD IN A PARISH 

Section 1. Some Starting Points 59 

Section 2. A Word to the Clergy 62 

Section 3. Suggestions for Directors 65 

Section 4. Points for the Court Committee 71 

Section 5. How to Use the Manual 72 



Contents 



CHAPTER V 



GETTING TOGETHER 

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Section 1. The Annual Banquet 75 

Section 2. Banquets for Fathers and Sons and Mothers and 

Sons 81 

Section 3. A Band of Galahad Mothers 83 

Section 4. Co-operation between the Boys and the Girls 

of the Parish 84 

Section 5. The Family Pew 86 

Section 6. Corporate Communions of Fathers and Sons 

and of Mothers and Sons 86 

THE GALAHAD QUEST 

A guide for the Galahad Boy who fares forth to learn 

and do his duty 89 

CHAPTER VI 

FORMS OF SERVICE FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS 

Section 1. Suggestions for a Service of Preparation for a 

Corporate Communion of Older Boys ... 95 
Section 2. A Boy's Own Preparation for the Holy Com- 
munion 98 

Section 3. An Order for a Fathers and Sons' Service . . . 104 

Section 4. Suggestions for a Boys' Service on Mothers' Day 107 

Section 5. An Order for a Memorial Service 110 

Section 6. An Order of Service for any Occasion .... 112 

CHAPTER VII 

PRAYERS FOR BOYS 

Section 1. Prayers for Younger Boys 117 

Section 2. Prayers for Older Boys 118 

Section 3. The Prayers of the Five Degrees 124 

Section 4. Prayers for The Order of Sir Galahad .... 125 
Section 5. A Prayer for the Cause of Youth and Man- 
hood _ 126 

Section 6. Prayers for Parents and Their Boys 126 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE CORONATION OF THE KING AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE 
king's CABINET 

Section 1. The Ritual of the Coronation 131 

Section 2. The Ritual for the Installation of the King's 

Cabinet 139 



Contents 



CHAPTER IX 



FIRST STEPS IN INITIATION 

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Section 1. Preliminary Information 143 

Section 2. The Tribunal 143 

Section 3. The Vigil 146 

Section 4. The Formal Initiation 148 



CHAPTER X 

VIGILS 

Section 1. For Pages 153 

Section 2. For Esquires 155 

Section 3. For Knights 157 



CHAPTER XI 

INITIATIONS 

Section 1. For Lads 163 

Section 2. For Pages 164 

Section 3. For Esquires 166 

Section 4. For Knights 168 

Section 5. I. For Counselors of the Line 172 

II. For Associate Counselors 175 

Section 6. A Closing Service for all Initiations 177 



CHAPTER XII 

RITUALS FOR MEETINGS 

Section 1. For Lads . 181 

Section 2. For Pages 183 

Section 3. For Esquires 185 

Section 4. For Knights 187 

Section 5. For Counselors 189 

Section 6. For Full Conclaves 191 

Section 7. The Ritual of Affiliation 194 



CHAPTER XIII 

PROGRAMS FOR LADS 



Section 1. Introduction: The Use of the Programs . . . 199 

Section 2. First Year Program 202 

Section 3. Second Year Program 209 

Section 4. Third Year Program 215 



Contents 



CHAPTER XIV 

PROGRAMS FOR PAGES 

PAGE 

Section 1. First Year Program 225 

Section 2. Second Year Program 231 

Section 3. Third Year Program 239 



CHAPTER XV 

PROGRAMS FOR ESQUIRES 

Section 1. First Year Program 249 

Section 2. Second Year Program 256 

Section 3. Third Year Program 263 

CHAPTER XVI 

PROGRAMS FOR KNIGHTS 

Section 1. First Year Program 273 

Section 2. Second Year Program 280 

Section 3. Third Year Program 285 

CHAPTER XVII 

SUGGESTIONS FOR COUNSELORS' PROGRAMS 293 

CHAPTER XVIII 

TYPES OF PROGRAMS FOR FULL CONCLAVES 299 

CHAPTER XIX 

DRAMATICS 307 

CHAPTER XX 

THE POINT SYSTF.M: CRAFTS 

Section 1. Introduction 313 

Section 2. The Program Crafts 314 

1. Club Craft 314 

2. Indian Craft 315 

3. Wood Craft 315 

4. Scout Craft 316 

5. Church Craft 316 

6. Athletic Craft 317 



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CHAPTER XX {Continued) 

PACE 

7. Health Craft $18 

8. Camp Craft $18 

9. Sky Craft W) 

10. Sea daft $20 

11. City Craft $20 

12. Military Craft $22 

13. Knightliness and Service Craft ^11 

Section 3. Supplementary Crafts >23 

1. Chivalry Craft $23 

2. Citizenship Craft $24 

3. Church Building Craft $25 

4. Church Symbol Craft $25 

5. Church School Craft $26 

CHAPTER XXI 

THK COURT afield: Till-: GALAHAD camp 

Why have a Camp $31 

'The Best Place for a Camp: the Site $34 

Things to do with: Equipment $37 

Work and Play: the Camp Program $41 

The Camp Staff US 

Ways and Means: Camp Finances v>2 

Rules of the Camp: Camp Regulations . . . 355 

Rules ot the Game: Camp Customs v>° 

Camp Awards $63 

Religious Features . . hA 

Manhood Annexed >(i7 

The Recruited Church >6 Q 

The Camp Library $71 

Conclusion ^71 



CHAPTER XXI 1 

regalia and insignia 

Section 1. Introductory 575 

Section 2. Xotes on Ceremonial Regalia ^7 l) 

Section 5. Notes on Standard Regalia 387 

Section 4. Insignia $91 



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HOOKS ANP lMCriiRKS 



Section 1. Books hearing on the Galahad Story $97 

Section 2. A Classified Fist Covering all Boy Activities 

and Interests $98 

Section 3. Pictures 40S 



Contents 



APPENDIX 

PACE 

Section 1. The Charter for a Court of The Order of Sir 

Galahad 411 

Section 2. Suggested By-Laws for a Court 412 

Section 3. The Honorary Council of The Order of Sir 

Galahad 414 



INDEX 



417 



LIST OF PLATES 

Arms of the Order of Sir Galahad . xiv 

Diagram: Place of the Order of Sir Galahad in the Circle 

of Parish Boy Life 24 

Plate I. Lad's Ceremonial Regalia 376 

Plate II. Page's Ceremonial Regalia 378 

Plate III. Esquire's Ceremonial Regalia 380 

Plate IV. Knight's Ceremonial Regalia 381 

Plate V. Counselor's Ceremonial Regalia 382 

Plate VI. King's Ceremonial Regalia 384 

Plate VII. Archbishop's Ceremonial Regalia 385 

Plate VIII. Monk's Ceremonial Regalia 386 

Plate IX. Candle-bearer's Ceremonial Regalia .... 388 

Plate X. Herald's Ceremonial Regalia 389 

Plate XL Standard Regalia 390 

Plate XII. Flags and Pennants 392 

Plate XIII. Badges, Buttons and Pins 393 



THE GALAHAD MANUAL 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTION 



Section 1. Historical Sketch. 

Section 2. The Order of Sir Galahad: Its Scope. 

Section 3. The Relation of The Order of Sir Galahad to 
the Boy Scouts of America. 

Section 4. The Relation of The Order of Sir Galahad to 
the Christian Citizenship Training Pro- 
gram. 

Section 5. The Relation of The Order of Sir Galahad to 
the Church School Service League. 

Section 6. The Relation of The Order of Sir Galahad to 
the Junior Department of the Brother- 
hood of St. Andrew. 




From Baldwin'' s "Story of the King." Copyright by permission of the American 
Book Company, publishers 



CHAPTER I 



Introduction 



Section 1. Historical Sketch 

A review of the history of The Order of Sir Gala- 
had shows that it was started in St. Stephen's Church, 
Boston, 1896, by a young clergyman just beginning 
his work in the ministry, the Reverend Ernest J. 
Dennen. 

St. Stephen's, a Mission church, at that time under 
the charge of the Reverend H. M. Torbert and the 
then Reverend C. H. Brent, was located in the South 
End of Boston. One of its many problems was the 
Boy, who at times gave the clergy much concern. 
To the new assistant fell the duty of solving the 
"Boy Problem," as there presented. 

His first endeavor was to find an ideal, a stirring, 
vigorous ideal of young manhood, that would appeal 
to the youth of the Mission and establish a common 
working basis. The boys needed organization. They 

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needed control, not censure, not even discipline from 
without. They needed some power that would reach 
them from within. They needed a working ideal to 
interest and transform them. 

Such an ideal was found in the character of Sir 
Galahad, interpreted by George Frederick Watts, 
R. A., in his painting which hangs in the Tate Gallery, 
London, — a picture of the young knight of chivalry 
whose "strength was as the strength of ten because 
his heart was pure." A large photograph of this 
painting was purchased and hung in a conspicuous 
place in the new room fitted up for the boys' use. 
It was the most impressive thing in the room and 
began at once to influence the dispositions of the 
boys. They found something in Galahad that 
appealed to the romantic within them, something 
fine and uplifting. Therefore it was not enough 
that the picture should tell of Galahad: the club 
itself must bear the name, — and it did. 

The name proved a very happy one. It helped to 
interest, to hold and to control the boys. They be- 
came more amenable to good influences, less inclined 
to be boisterous and destructive. They were under- 
going subjugation and Galahad was the conqueror. 
In cours,e of time a program was evolved that at- 
tempted to systematize club activities. Constructive 
interests were supplanting destructive ones. 

Next to the name, the feature that really put the 
Club on the map was the Camp. In the summer of 
1897 the boys were taken to a farm near Ashland, 
Massachusetts, for a two weeks' outing. It was 
a pretty crude sort of outing but it had merit and 
the boys liked it, — rather more in fact than the 
camp Director did. Next year the camp was better, 
probably because the Club was better. The boys 
were growing proud of the Club and the Mission 
was beginning to be proud of the boys. It was a 
happy moment in the lives of the boys and in the 
history of the Club when the undeveloped ability of 
the lads found an interesting and constructive outlet 
in the presentation of Julius Caesar, They took 



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their parts well. This achievement registered a great 
advance in Club life. The boys were gaining fame of 
the right sort. Two years earlier they had plenty of 
the other kind. 

The success of the Galahad Club at St. Stephen's, 
Boston, encouraged the founder to start it in con- 
servative old Trinity, Newport, Rhode Island, where 
in 1899 ne began his work, with the Church School 
and the boys assigned to him. Boys? But appar- 
ently there were no boys. Still the Club got under 
way and it was not long before Trinity, Newport, 
had a promising group in line for Knighthood. Here 
again Galahad won the day. 

Just about this time the Knights of King Arthur 
made a great contribution to the Galahad Club. 
This organization, having come into the field long 
before the Scouts, made its appeal to Church boys of 
all communions. Pages, Esquires and Knights repre- 
sented divisions in the Knights of King Arthur. 
These same divisions were introduced into the Gala- 
had Club, thereby adding richness and variety to the 
program. Secrecy, initiations, vows, modified horse- 
play were also introduced, and the Galahad Club, 
greatly indebted to the Knights of King Arthur, took 
its next step forward. 

From Boston to Newport, then to Lynn, Massa- 
chusetts. Here was where the Club assumed the 
proportions of an Order and issued its first Manual, 
then another advertising The Order of Sir Galahad 
as a department of the Knights of King Arthur, 
though it was difficult to maintain that relationship 
in any close, practical way. 

The Lynn period of the Order saw great advances. 
Rituals and services were elaborated. Regalia, 
banners, flags and emblems were designed. Elaborate 
coronations were staged and a very impressive pre- 
initiation service called the Vigil was incorporated. 

But the most important feature in this period of 
greatest development was the Galahad Camp, estab- 
lished at East Sebago, Maine, in 1906. This camp 
has been a prime factor in the development of Gala- 

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had traditions and loyalty to the Order and its 
ways. 

Through the years, The Order of Sir Galahad has 
been spreading among the Episcopal Churches until, 
without any "promoting" whatever, it is known 
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and in countries 
other than our own. Designed originally to help 
solve the problem of boy control, it is now an edu- 
cational factor of great potentiality in the lives of 
hundreds of boys, and of great service in any parish 
where properly established and well directed. 

Incorporated and on a substantial, non-parochial 
basis, it is able to move forward into the broad field 
of work for boys as an out-and-out organization of 
the Episcopal Church. The By-Laws of the Corpora- 
tion provide for a Supreme Director and Council 
and it is under this body that the Order will hence- 
forth function as it endeavors to establish units of 
the Order in the United States and elsewhere. 

Section 2. The Order of Sir Galahad: Its Scope 

The Order of Sir Galahad sets before its members 
the knightly figure of a spotless youth who is the 
romantic embodiment of Christian manhood. This 
Knight, a world famous figure of mediaeval romance, 
is outstanding and without reproach, qualified there- 
by to experience the highest spiritual blessing given 
to man, symbolized by the Vision of the Holy Grail. 

THE BACKGROUND 

The word "Galahad" has become a household 
name. His picture is in thousands of homes. He is 
read about in school, thought about in day dreams, 
pictured in imagination and copied in conduct. Sir 
Galahad is a well-known figure with a background of 
unusual splendor. The halo of mediaeval romance is 
about him. He is extolled in the writings of one of 
the greatest of English poets. An American artist 
has made him famous by pictures of the Story of the 
Holy Grail in the Boston Public Library. An English 



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artist has made him even more famous by the full 
sized picture of Galahad in the Tate Gallery, London. 
The central service of Christian worship, the Holy 
Communion, is associated with him through his 
pursuit and sight of the Holy Grail, a vision vouch- 
safed only to the pure in heart. 

The background that brings him into relief is rich, 
varied and compelling. A youth so brought into 
relief feeds the fire of manhood and makes it burn a 
clear and cleansing flame. Galahad, therefore, serves 
well the purpose to which his name is put when he 
becomes the patron saint of an Order for the up- 
building of young manhood. 

FOSTERED BY THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH 

The Order of Sir Galahad is fostered by the Episco- 
pal Church. It is an organization primarily for boys 
in the Episcopal Church, closely connected with the 
Church, and working through the Church to increase 
the strength of the Church by conserving its boy- 
hood and manhood. It aims to make boys and 
young men of the Episcopal Church better Church- 
men and better citizens. It furthers fellowship in 
the Church as an institution, in order that the mascu- 
line side of the Church may thrive and itself become 
the great creator and sustainer of fellowship between 
man and man, and man and God. 

The Order is the boys' semi-secret society of the 
Church, with all the variety of program, richness of 
appeal and power of influence that an organization 
fitted to the needs of boyhood would inevitably 
possess. 

THE ORDER AND THE CHURCH SCHOOL 

The Order is connected with the Church School. 
Its members belong to the Church School. Good 
standing in the Order is conditioned by good standing 
in the school. Lessons must be learned, attendance 
must be kept up, connection must be maintained, 
not for one, two or three years, but six, eight and ten 
years, or until the Church has had a chance to lay 



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such strong hold on the life of the boy that he is held 
within its fold until he is well on the way to becoming 
a church member, officer, or possibly minister. 

HOLDING THE OLDER BOYS 

Complaint is often heard that our older boys drift 
away. This will not happen if The Order of Sir 
Galahad has a fair chance to attach the boys to the 
Church. They will stick if those responsible for the 
Club will stick to their job, and with constancy and 
enthusiasm see it through for five years or longer. 
Hundreds of boys have been saved to the Church — 
not a few to the ministry of the Church — by their 
membership in The Order of Sir Galahad. How 
many have been kept true to the ideals of an un- 
stained life no one knows, or can know, because the 
Order is on the job night and day to keep boys 
straight. 

The Order of Sir Galahad accomplishes two results 
not attained by most organizations for boys. It pro- 
vides, through the Galahad Lads, for boys from nine 
to eleven years inclusive. More important still, 
through its degrees of Knights and Counselors, it 
presents an organization that holds the interest of 
young men between the ages of eighteen to twenty- 
one and still maintains that interest after they have 
reached their majority, through the degree of Coun- 
selor, which includes men from twenty-one through 
forty and on. Thus, while each degree has its own 
organization, meets separately and carries out its 
program, the Order holds together in one bond 
growing boys, youth and mature men, the younger 
looking to the older for example, and the older feel- 
ing a responsibility for the younger. 

THE CHURCH SERVICE LEAGUE 

Impression and then expression is the order of 
knowledge. The Order of Sir Galahad seeks to make 
the moral life of young manhood strong and pure, 
the religious life real and manly; it fortifies both 
by connecting them with the systematic endeavor 



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planned by the Church Service League and the 
Church School to interest boys and young men in 
actual participation in service. The Order is a co- 
ordinating agent at the disposal of the Church, both 
in line with the Christian Nurture purposes of the 
present time and in harmony with those methods as 
seen in the Church and the Church School of today. 

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 

The Order aims to show the Church how its latent 
wealth of boyhood can be gripped, held, and con- 
verted into the Church manhood of tomorrow. 
Other organizations are in the field, the Boy Scouts, 
the Knights of King Arthur, and others — some of 
great importance, all helpful. 

In its development the founder of The Order of 
Sir Galahad followed a lead furnished by the Knights 
of King Arthur. The two have gone along in some- 
what similar lines, sometimes parallel without any 
intention by the one to imitate the other; but the 
Knights of King Arthur was in the field first and, 
for a time, The Order of Sir Galahad was nominally 
and officially connected with it. The relations be- 
tween the two have always been friendly. Now the 
two stand on their own foundations. 

THE ORDER A MEANS TO AN END 

In no sense is the Order simply a boys' organiza- 
tion: that is, our purpose is not fulfilled when we set 
forward the social life of the boy or plan our program 
to embrace his physical welfare, or think out means 
to develop his moral nature; all these are part of 
a larger purpose, which is to hold the boy to the 
Church so that he may be moulded through living 
within the life of the Church. 



Section 3. The Relation of The Order of Sir Galahad to 
the Boy Scouts of America 

The spirit of co-operation is catching. This is 
particularly true of the many organizations that are 



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working for and with boys, and more especially true 
of our relation to the Boy Scouts of America. We 
value most highly all that the Scout movement is 
doing to advance the interests of boy life. It seems 
worth while therefore to outline how The Order of 
Sir Galahad can co-operate most successfully with 
the program of the Boy Scouts of America. 

THE GALAHAD EDITION OF THE HANDBOOK 

Of supreme significance is the Galahad Edition of 
the Handbook for Boys issued by the Boy Scouts of 
America. This is the regular Handbook with the 
words Galahad Edition on the cover, carrying a fore- 
word which gives the reasons why the Scout Organiza- 
tion co-operates so fully and heartily with The Order 
of Sir Galahad. The fact is that Chief Scout Execu- 
tive West and his associates, realizing the value of the 
type of organization represented by this Order, are 
eager to assist in every way that will set forward the 
welfare of boys. This privilege places in the hands 
of our boys a Handbook second to none in the litera- 
ture designed to build fine men and true citizens, and 
makes unnecessary on our part any attempt to 
duplicate the field so thoroughly covered by this 
organization. 

DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES 

A noticeable difference between The Order of Sir 
Galahad and the Boy Scouts of America lies in the 
ages touched. The former begins its interest in the 
boy when he has reached the age of nine and carries 
on that interest through his life. Although the Scout 
Organization is turning its attention to the younger 
boys by the promotion of "Cub" Scouts, the Boy 
Scouts of America, as at present widely known, begin 
their interest when the boy has reached the age of 
twelve and their program carries him to the age of 
seventeen, thus covering the most promising, as it is 
the most difficult stage in the boy's life. 

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THE POINT OF CONTACT 

The point of contact comes therefore between these 
ages. One organization calls the boys Pages and 
Esquires: the other calls them Scouts. It is a well- 
known fact that Scouts between the ages of fifteen 
and seventeen do not work so well with Scouts from 
twelve to fourteen, and that a troop is more success- 
ful if these two groups of ages can be divided into 
separate patrols. This organization, recognizing this 
difficulty, meets it through the separate Degrees of 
Pages and Esquires. A boy entering the Degree of 
Page at the age of twelve advances when he reaches 
fifteen years, and remains an Esquire through the 
age of seventeen. 

Arrangements have been made with the Scout 
Organization to promote co-operation as far as pos- 
sible, indeed to encourage our Courts to take up the 
Scout program as a program well suited for the 
Degrees of Page and Esquire. It is this understand- 
ing which has influenced the Boy Scouts of America 
to grant us a special Galahad Edition of their Hand- 
book. 

METHODS OF CO-OPERATION 

The difficulties that present themselves in applying 
this principle within these Degrees are not so great 
as they appear. In those parishes where the Scouts 
already exist and flourish, representing the work be- 
ing done for boys, where the boys naturally would 
resent being asked to give up their Scout Troop in 
order that they might be called a Court of The Order 
of Sir Galahad, the difficulty has been overcome by 
continuing the Boy Scout Troop as the Degree of 
Page and the Degree of Esquire, and developing 
alongside of it the other Galahad Degrees. This has 
been found to work satisfactorily, with the result 
that while a boy is to all intents and purposes a mem- 
ber of The Order of Sir Galahad he continues to be a 
Scout, carrying out the Scouting program. As the 
times comes when he loses his interest in Scouting, 
he passes on naturally into the Degree of Knight. 

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Where more distinct recognition of each organiza- 
tion is desired the solution is simple: twice a month 
the group meets as a Troop; twice a month as Patrols 
in the homes of the Patrol Leaders, and twice a 
month as members of The Order of Sir Galahad, at 
one time doing Scouting and at another the Galahad 
program. While this necessitates six meetings 
monthly, it has worked satisfactorily and to the 
benefit of the boys. 

In some parishes there are boys who refuse to 
become Scouts and others who refuse to join The 
Order of Sir Galahad. Boys' loyalties are sacred 
things and must be respected. This has been achieved 
by a method of dove-tailing meetings; that is, the 
Scouts hold their meeting at the same time that The 
Order of Sir Galahad holds its meeting, each boy 
following the line of his own interest, and after a 
certain period in the evening's program the two 
groups meet together for games and social occupa- 
tions. Thus the boys are carried along harmoniously 
until they reach the age of Knighthood, and in the 
meantime they have been held to the Church. 

The third type of parish is worth mentioning. It 
is the parish where no boys' work is being done. 
The Order of Sir Galahad is called upon to organize 
a Court. It could be our purpose to create a definite 
organization with strong loyalties to our Order and 
to the exclusion of other organizations working for 
boys; but so important do we consider the Scout 
program that we advise the inclusion of it as one 
well suited to bring out the best in boys between the 
ages of twelve and seventeen. We would urge, there- 
fore, upon all Directors of Courts of The Order of Sir 
Galahad that, where they have a clear field, they 
make the most of the privileges extended to this 
Order by the Boy Scouts of America. 

Section 4. The Relation of The Order of Sir Galahad to 
the Christian Citizenship Training Program 

While providing a boys' club which shall relate 
itself specifically to the genius of the Episcopal Church, 

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the promoters of The Order of Sir Galahad desire 
to make possible the use of all the best forces now 
offered for the upbuilding of fine manhood. There- 
fore, we count it a great privilege to have the cordial 
co-operation of the Association Press and the Boys' 
Work Staff of the International Committee of the 
Young Men's Christian Association, and its permis- 
sion to indicate in the programs in this Manual how 
the Program for Christian Citizenship Training can 
be combined with the other activities of The Order of 
Sir Galahad. 

The outstanding merits of the Program for Chris- 
tian Citizenship Training are two. The first is the 
idea that each boy should become developed propor- 
tionately on the four sides of life, the Physical, the 
Intellectual, the Social and the Devotional. The 
second is the provision of a Chart on which, by not- 
ing his gains according to a certain scale of credits, 
the boy is not only enabled to see at a glance where 
his development is out of proportion, but encouraged 
to keep it "foursquare." 

In the carrying out of this proportional develop- 
ment the Program puts into the hands of boys two 
volumes, the Handbook for Pioneers for the younger 
and the Handbook for Comrades for the older, which 
provide a series of tests graded according to their 
years, making the basis for the charting of attain- 
ments. Besides the required tests, the Program is 
rich in elective features, and in the volumes is also 
much supplementary material of interest to the boy. 
Into the hands of the Leaders the Program puts 
companion Manuals for Leaders of Pioneers and 
Comrades, with a wealth of material to assist them 
in making out each boy's chart and following up his 
development. 

While the programs in this Manual aim to be pro- 
gressive, carrying the boy through the successive 
degrees not only by appealing to his expanding 
interests but by training him in those ideals for which 
The Order of Sir Galahad stands, without the use in 
combination with them of the Christian Citizenship 

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Training Program they lack the possibility of the 
tests carefully made up from the long and rich 
experience of the Young Men's Christian Association 
and of the continued incentive to all-round develop- 
ment through the charting. For this reason we 
strongly recommend Directors to become thoroughly 
familiar with the volumes in which this Program is 
set forth, the Handbooks for Pioneers and Comrades, 
and the Manuals for Leaders of Pioneers and Com- 
rades, and to combine the Program with the other 
activities of the Order. 

Where such combination is made, the Leader will 
find himself viewing his whole plan in terms of the 
Christian Citizenship Training Program. Not only 
those meetings which bear the distinctive label "Four- 
square Men" or "Foursquare Program" will in his 
mind be related to this feature of the year's activities, 
but others will fall into place to give it richness. 
Work in any one of the Five Fields of Christian 
Service will find its place on the Social side of each 
boy's chart of "Foursquare Men"; participation in 
the telling of a tale of ancient days or excellence in 
Scoutcraft will find its place on the Intellectual side; 
attendance at a Corporate Communion will find its 
place on theDevotional side. Thus will he make certain 
that the Order is providing for the boys of the parish 
not only a club that teaches ideals and trains, but a 
club that does its best to keep the boys "foursquare." 

In applying the method of the Christian Citizen- 
ship Training Program, in the use of the insignia 
provided, the Director is left to use his own judg- 
ment. Charts and awards are all carefully explained 
in the Manuals for Leaders; the books and other 
material may be had direct from the office of the 
Association Press, New York City, or through the 
Headquarters of The Order of Sir Galahad. 

Section 5. The Relation of The Order of Sir Galahad to 
the Church School Service League 

Anyone carefully reading the programs in this 
Manual must be struck by the number that do not 

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sock merely or primarily to amuse, but to connect 

the play instincts of boys with their desire to serve 
and their eagerness to give their loyalty to any 
ere at cause. 

Hence The Order of Sir Galahad quite naturally 
fits into the program of the Church School Service 
League with its wealth of suggestions in the Five 
Fields of Service of Christ and His Church. The 
Church School Service League is not another organi- 
zation, but a clearing-house for service within the 
junior parish, apportioning service to the several 
societies according to their interests and abilities, 
through the Council of the League, which is com- 
posed of a representative from each of the existing 
societies of the junior parish. Through its place in 
this Council, The Order of Sir Galahad would corre- 
late its service program with those of the other 
parish organizations and the Church School. 

Experience with boys confirms us in believing that 
it. is most difficult to enlist them in service or get 
them to take up a definite piece of work unless that 
work or service is presented along the line of their 
play interests. Anyone, therefore, who will read 
through the five hundred programs for meetings of 
the several Degrees, will discover that we have 
sought ever} opportunity to present service in terms 
that will obtain an immediate response from the box , 
because through the service he is having heaps of fun. 

A description of some of the larger principles under 
which we have written in service will make this still 
more clear. 

"foursquare men" 

One oi these principles is that of "Foursquare 
Men."* A bin's life needs development on four 
sides, the Physical, the Social, the Intellectual and 
the Spiritual or Devotional, and, unless service is 
presented under one or all of these headings, it is 
not apt to connect itself with the life of the boy. A 
boy likes a hard job. It calls upon him to use his 

*See Section 4. 

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muscles and give of his strength, and he rinds joy in 
the bigness of it. It is easy to see how the call to 
serve may need the physical strength of the boy 
and not only connect itself with the idea of service 
but advance the physical welfare of the boy as well. 

Among these interests are the following: raking 
and cleaning the church grounds, painting, laying out 
the winter board walks and taking them in again in 
the spring, storing playground furniture in the autumn 
and replacing it in the spring, banking ground for a 
hockey rink, organizing a snow-shoveling brigade, 
sodding and seeding the grounds about the church, 
taking part in the community clean-up week as a 
piece of community service, — all these have an ele- 
ment of fun in them; and, because they make them- 
selves interesting, boys accept them at once and 
accomplish the service. Again and again throughout 
the programs this type of service appears, adaptable 
both to the program of the Church School Service 
League and to the physical development of "Four- 
square Men." 

The same thing is true of the Social side of the 
boy's life ("social" in the sense of service), and 
equally true of the Intellectual and Devotional sides. 
The fact that the boy possesses a "Foursquare Men" 
chart representing his development on these four 
sides, and that the drawing-in of the graph presents 
him a picture of his whole life's development, becomes 
an incentive to effort which earns and receives con- 
sideration in the programs of each year. 

THE POINT SYSTEM 

Another principle that has guided us in the forma- 
tion of the program has been the Point System. 
Here again the program of the Church School Service 
League may be included with great success. The 
Point System aims to present a program, for each of 
the twelve years during which a boy passes from 
the Degree of Lad through the Degree of Knight, 
that shall encourage him to achieve certain definite 
results for which points are given that make him 

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eligible for reward. Recognition is given in t he- 
Point System for Service just as it is given for Physi- 
cal, Intellectual and Devotional achievement. Any- 
one will be interested in looking up Chapter XX on 
the Point System, which is expressed in a series of 
"Crafts," and will be especially interested in what is 
included under Church Craft, Knightliness and Service 
Craft; for in these from time to time appear definite 
acts of service without, which a boy may not win 
recognition. Thus, under Knightliness and Service 
Craft appear dusting, supplying Hymnals and Prayer 
Books, and rebinding both, and what is significant is 
that interest in these contributions in money or 
service is readily awakened through interest in 
achieving the point in that particular Craft. Thus 
impression is re-emphasized through expression. 

THE FIVE FIELDS OF SERVICE 

The Five Fields of Service, — the Parish, the Com- 
munity, the Diocese, the Nation and the World, have 
guided us in the arrangement of the programs. 
Within each Degree are represented three years of 
effort, twelve years in all. For every one of these 
years we have included a program definitely con- 
nected with each of the Five Fields. Thus a boy, 
joining the Order as a Lad and passing through the 
higher Degrees until he has completed three years 
in the Degree of Knight, has contributed his part to 
at least sixty pieces of service definitely distributed 
over the Five Fields of Service; or, put in another 
way, during these years he has served in a definite 
way, along the lines of his own interest and because 
of his liking, at least twelve times in each of the Five 
Fields. 

LIFE WORK CONFERENCES 

It may be of interest, so that the principle may be 
perfectly clear, to suggest some of the programs of 
service that are included, without definitely listing 
them under their particular field. There are "Life 
Work Conferences,'' which the Court, through its 

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Degree of Knight, may organize, not only for that 
Degree nor even exclusively for the members of the 
lower Degrees, but as a contribution to the Church 
School, to the community and to the Diocese. For 
we have suggested that such conferences, the aim of 
which is to emphasize the ideal of service in the 
choice of life work, shall include other boys' clubs 
of the city and of the community, as well as the boys 
of our own Church Schools within a convenient dis- 
trict. This is an act of service with wide influence, 
and carried through the better because the group 
would be interested in working up a big meeting. 

Again, there are programs that call for discussions 
of the relation between The Order of Sir Galahad and 
the Church School and of ways in which the Order 
may help the Church. These take the form of con- 
ferences where the Rector is present to give challenge 
after the discussion and conference with a definite 
piece of service. 

OTHER FORMS OF SERVICE 

The Sacristans' League offers another form of 
service. It may be headed by a Counselor and in- 
clude among its members Knights and Esquires. 
The Knights would have charge of the sacristan's 
duties at the regular services of the Church, while 
the Esquires would have charge of the services of the 
Church School and extra Lenten services. As 
crucifers, acolytes, servers, custodians of choir music, 
ushers, traffic officers in the Church School, and in 
many other ways the Galahad boys find opportunity 
to serve and are eager to be included. To give every 
Counselor and Knight responsibility for Lads, Pages 
and Esquires is to interest them in the boys' lives, 
their day school, their Church School work, their 
play, their achievements, and their standards, as 
also in their attendance at the celebrations of the 
Holy Communion. 

Knights and Counselors have been known to 
accept the challenge of an "every member canvass" 
for pledges and for raising building funds, or of the 

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distribution of literature during a campaign and the 
looking up of absentees. In the Knights' programs 
one of the Crafts is Military Craft. Opportunity 
may be taken of interest in that Craft to organize 
the Knights along military lines to undertake such 
service; where this has been done it has made its 
appeal at once. The older group may also be en- 
listed as a Junior Vestry, taking charge of the offer- 
ing at the Evening Service. 

Another type of meeting provides work for the chil- 
dren's wards of hospitals, and still another type 
makes provision for the organization of choirs to 
sing in hospitals and to visit the homes of the aged. 
Forgetfulness of self and the finding of happiness in 
giving happiness to others appear in the programs, 
in suggestions that the Christmas meeting of the 
Club take the form of an entertainment for boys in 
the community who are not attached to any church, 
whose names may be secured from the Family Wel- 
fare Society or the Associated Charities. 

Again the interest in dramatics has been seized upon 
and put to service by programs placing the annual 
play, vaudeville show or minstrel show at the disposal 
of the Bishop's Missionary, to be given at some 
mission station in the Diocese for the benefit of the 
mission. 

Interest in the larger work of the Diocese has been 
awakened through illustrated lectures dealing with 
work for boys and for crippled children, with play- 
grounds and with reformatory schools, with the 
chance to contribute books to boys' libraries in any 
of these institutions, or to make articles interesting 
to crippled boys. 

Interest in work with the hands offers a way to 
service through evenings devoted to lessons in 
basketry and in box furniture, which lead on to the 
sale of these articles during Lent for the Lenten 
offering; or the proceeds may be used as an offering 
to the Church, thus teaching the boys that the Order 
owes its support to the work of the Parish. 

For younger boys there are programs of work that 

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relate themselves to parish life: sticking stamps, filling 
envelopes, sorting pamphlets, preparing mite boxes 
for distribution. An evening is given to the Home 
Department, when the service takes the form of 
addresses by boys on what they are doing by way of 
service at home. The very fact that such matters 
are discussed acts as an inspiration to larger service. 

The younger boys may be interested in planning a 
Lenten box through taking advantage of their collect- 
ing instincts: therefore a number of programs suggest 
the sending of missionary boxes made up of books 
that the boys have read, clothing that their parents 
allow them to contribute, games and puzzles which 
they wish to share with others: other programs sug- 
gest work nights when picture puzzles and jig-saw 
puzzles may be made to be included in such a box. 
There are programs that call for talks by missionaries 
on furlough, aiming to arouse the boys' interest in the 
missionary work of the Church, and to give a definite 
opportunity to work for or to give to these objects 
through the Club treasury. 

Interest in dumb animals can be drawn into ways 
of service by gifts to the Society for the Prevention of 
Cruelty to Animals. 

The list seems endless: but we wish to re-emphasize 
the point that in presenting service boys' interests 
must be considered. We feel that the Order is solv- 
ing the problem that has faced the Church for many 
a day, — the "Boy Problem" and the boy's relation 
to the Church. We therefore urge upon all Directors 
to make the fullest possible use of the programs for 
service outlined in this Manual. 

Section 6. The Relation of The Order of Sir Galahad to 
the Junior Department of the Brotherhood of St. 
Andrew 

In availing themselves of the best forces for awak- 
ening Christian impulses in young men, the pro- 
moters of The Order of Sir Galahad count it a privilege 
to have the cordial co-operation of the Junior De- 
partment of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew which 

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Introduction 

is now presenting to the boys of the Church a pro- 
gram revised and enriched. Among its aims is the 
plan to produce leaders for the Church School, for 
the Scouts, for Social Service, for Acolytes' Guilds, 
and for the various other organizations for boys 
throughout the Church, an important feature in the 
training of these leaders being the system of summer 
camps established in 1920 and continued with great 
success in 1921. 

In the service programs of The Order of Sir Galahad 
and the Brotherhood of St. Andrew there are many 
similar activities. Therefore an understanding to 
promote co-operation and mutual helpfulness has 
been reached by The Order of Sir Galahad and the 
Brotherhood of St. Andrew, and the Brotherhood 
has advised The Order of Sir Galahad that it will 
gladly commend the organization and use of The 
Order of Sir Galahad as circumstances and oppor- 
tunities permit. 



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The Galahad Song 



Tune: Maryland, My Maryland 

Valiant were the knights of old, 
Strong and gentle, pure and bold, 
Bound to stand 'mid storm and stress 
Staunch in Christian manliness. 

Chorus 
Then raise the voice in manly praise 
Of knightly deeds in ancient days, 
And pledge we now ourselves to be 
True knights in Christian chivalry. 



Youthful vision bids that we 
Helpful and obedient be, 
Truthful, chivalrous to stand, 
Quick to serve with willing hand. 

Chorus 

Galahad, our patron knight, 
Shone in spotless armor bright; 
So must we who bear his name 
Guard our lives from blot or blame. 

Chorus 



CHAPTER II 
INFORMATION IN BRIEF 

Section 1 The Place of The Order of Sir Galahad 

in the Circle of Parish Boy Life. 
Section 2. In a Nutshell. 
Section 3. What Constitutes a Standardized Unit. 



Place of The Order of Sir Galahad 

in the 

Circle of Parish Bo/Life 




The Diagram shows how the RAW MATERIAL 
of boyhood and .young" manhood in five graded 
groups is drawn by The Order of Sir Galahad 
as a center o^ attraction and held while the 
Church, the Church School and the Church 
School Service League are converting- the RAW 
MATERIAL into the PRODUCT of established 
Christian Manhood grained for the Church. 



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CHAPTER II 

Information in Brief 

Section 1. The Place of The Order of Sir Galahad in the 
Circle of Parish Boy Life 

WHAT THE ORDER OF SIR GALAHAD IS FOR 

To interpret religion to the Boys of the Church, in 
terms of recreational and other interests — Rituals, 
Initiations, Vows, Pageants, Service; and to make the 
Church, as the expression of organized religion, vital 
to the Boy and the Boy vital to the Church. 

TWELVE REASONS WHY IT IS THE ORGANIZATION 
FOR CHURCH BOYS 

1. It affords an approach to the boy, through the 

wide channel of a boy's varied interests. 

2. It ties up the boys definitely to the Church in 

their early years, and holds them into man- 
hood. 

3. It divides boys into rive natural age groups, pro- 

viding for each a suitable and definitely con- 
structive program. 

4. It makes each group a complete club within 

itself, while the groups taken together consti- 
tute a Court of the Order. 

5. It affords an opportunity for the members to 

pass from one group to another as they grow 
up, always being members of the same larger 
organization. 

6. It gives the boys a sense of responsibility and of 

leadership, and eventually provides its own 
leaders from the older members. 

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7. It so shapes its program that boys are helped to 

make their religion real, their morals clean, 
their bodies strong, their minds keen. It 
makes ample provision for play and fun. 

8. It works from the Church as a centre to develop 

high standards of life and service in boys and 
men. 

9. It works in close co-operation with the Church 

School and the Church School Service League. 

10. It incorporates in its program, by permission, the 

best that other boys' organizations have to 
offer. 

11. It is sufficiently elastic to suit parishes of all 

sorts — city or country, large or small. 

12. It aims, in a word, to serve in a distinctive way 

the boyhood of the Parish, and thus to increase 
the manhood of the Church. 

Section 2. In a Nutshell 

The Order has Five Degrees — designated Coun- 
selors, Knights, Esquires, Pages and Lads. Members 
are grouped under these heads according to age. 
Advance is recognized by successive initiations, at 
each of which a simple vow is taken as the keynote 
of the Degree entered. When boys are too old for 
one Degree, they pass to another, all the time re- 
maining members of the one Order. This arrange- 
ment satisfies lads ever seeking companionship with 
older boys, and it contents young men who resent 
fellowship with lads. A group of one hundred boys 
of all ages may thus be held together in a strong and 
unified whole. This local unit is called a Court. 

THE DEGREES 

Counselors, All Counselors must be twenty-one 
years of age or older, They are either Counselors 
of the Line or Associate Counselors. The former are 
members who have belonged to at least one of the 
lower Degrees; the latter are men who have never 
belonged to the Order in any one of its Degrees, but 

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who desire membership not only for the social privi- 
leges but also that they may work among boys. 

It is expected that, having come up through the 
life of the Order by the help of others, the Counselors 
of the Line will in turn gladly stand by the King and 
the whole program of work for boys in the Parish 
in which they belong. They, having reached ma- 
turity, must take upon themselves the responsibility 
of helping others and aiding in any way they can to 
further the interests of the Lads, Pages, Esquires 
and Knights, by assisting in the work of one or more 
Degrees and by taking a specified duty to perform 
regularly. 

The King's Cabinet is chosen in part from the 
Counselors of the Line. Other important duties are 
assigned to them. With the ideals of the Order in 
mind and being familiar with its traditions, they are 
in a position to do unusual service and to benefit very 
thoroughly the Order which has benefited them. 

It might be suggested here that the Counselors as 
a body of men continuously growing older, and in so 
far as its program is concerned largely separate from 
the other degrees, may well aim to absorb the men 
of the Parish, or the existing men's club may ally 
itself with The Order of Sir Galahad. In a practical 
way, it may become the Parish Men's Club. 

A form of Initiation is suggested to carry out the 
idea of consecration in service to which Counselors 
of the Line are pledged. 

The motto of the Counselor body is SERVICE. 

Knights. The degree of Knight includes young 
men eighteen, nineteen and twenty years of age. 
Headed by the King, this group is directly responsible 
for the administration of the Court. The Counselors 
assist them in an advisorv capacitv. Their motto 
is CHIVALRY. 

Esquires. The degree of Esquire includes boys 
fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen years of age who are 
in good standing in the Church School. Their motto 
is TRUTH. 

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Pages. The degree of Page includes boys twelve, 
thirteen and fourteen years of age, who are in good 
standing in the Church School. Their motto is 
OBEDIENCE. 

Lads. The degree of Lad includes boys nine, 
ten and eleven years of age, who are in good stand- 
ing in the Church School. Thus the younger boy is 
taken care of and the Club is continually developing 
new material. Their meetings should be held in the 
afternoon. Their motto is HELPFULNESS. 

OFFICIALS 

The King. The King is elected annually from the 
Knights or the Counselors. He ought to be chosen 
for his ability to lead, not for his popularity. After 
five years' existence, a Court ought to establish the 
precedent that the King must have belonged to at 
least the Degree of Esquire; this insures some knowl- 
edge of the traditions and spirit of the Order. 

Every Court ought to look forward to the time 
when it will have a body of Counselors who have 
grown up through the Order, and once this is true 
the Counselors of the Line will increasingly become 
the largest Degree in point of membership; — provision 
then ought to be made: 

a. That they have an equal vote with the Knights 

in the election of the King. 

b. That, with the growth of the Court, the King 

may be elected from the Counselors of the 

Line with the approval of the Knights, but 

the office of King should never be open to 

an Associate Counselor. 

Chief Adviser. The Order of Sir Galahad has its 

Chief Adviser to the King. He is a Counselor of the 

Line with a knowledge of the traditions of the Order 

through membership in the lower Degrees during his 

boyhood days. Usually the Chief Adviser is the 

President of the Counselor body as well. 

The Court Committee. The Court Committee is a 
group of three young men appointed by the Rector 

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from the \ estry, the Men's Club or the Degree oi 
Counselors. It is the executive and judicial body of 
the local Court, also the connecting link between 
Headquarters of The Order of Sir Galahad, the Rector 
and the \ estry. The chairman of the Court Com- 
mittee may serve as the Court Director. The Court 
Committee and the Local Committee of the Boy 
Scouts may be one and the same. 

The King's Cabinet. The King's Cabinet with the 
Director or Chairman is a body that acts in an 
advisory capacity to the King, serves as a board of 
Governors in the Court, plans and executes the sea- 
son's program, and is a court of appeal for all members 
of the Order, to whatever Degree they may belong. 
It is composed of the King, the Chief Adviser, the 
Secretaries and the Treasurers of the Knights and 
the Counselors, and the Presidents of the Esquires 
and the Pages. 

The Tribunal. The Tribunal is not so much a body 
of officers and members as it is the process through 
which the members are passed as a preliminary to 
initiation. It is conducted by the Director as Chair- 
man, and two members of each of the Degrees of 
Page. Esquire. Knight and Counselor. 

THE VIGILS 

The Vigils are services held in the Church and are 
participated in by candidates for membership in the 
Degrees of Page. Esquire and Knight. In these 
services, for which there are special rituals,* a religious 
note is struck that gives the key to the meaning of 
membership in the Order. Here an impression is 
made that will be lasting and it will be connected 
with the Church itself. The Church will mean more 
to the boy who participates in a A igil. 

INITIATIONS 

Initiation admits the candidate to that Degree to 
which his age makes him eligible. There are special 



*See Chapter N. 



Information in Brief 

rituals for these Initiations, all of which should be 
carried out with an impressive seriousness.* 

DEGREE TEAM 

To make the formal Initiations more successful a 
small group of experts, called the Degree Team, will 
be of greatest help in carrying through impressively 
and correctly the order to be followed. In the vari- 
ous Initiation services the Degree Team is supposed 
to know the rituals, procedure, and all the fine points 
essential to a smoothly running initiation service. 

DEGREE EXECUTIVES 

Within each Degree there may be an executive 
body, — President, Secretary, Treasurer and Cabinet 
of six, responsible as the officers of the Degree for the 
transaction of business and the presentation of the 
program within that Degree. 

DEGREE MEETINGS 

Provision is made for each degree to meet sepa- 
rately, the first Degree, Lads, in the afternoon, the 
other degrees in the evening. For each of these 
meetings there is an opening and closing ritual,! 
the heart of which is the Degree Prayer. The Degree 
Prayers, one for each Degree, should never be omitted. 
Boys instinctively use these prayers in their daily 
devotions if they have learned them well in the 
Degree meetings. 

FULL CONCLAVES 

This is the name applied to the assembly which 
brings together the five Degrees. The King has 
charge of all Full Conclaves. For this conclave, as 
for the Degree meetings, there is a special ritual led 
by the King. J 

THE DIRECTOR 

Each Court has a Director who is responsible for 
the effective administration of the Court. Usually 



*See Chapter XI. 

tSee Chapter XII. 

jSee Chapter XII, Section 

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Information in Brief 

the Director is the Rector or his assistant, though 
the office may be given to a layman. 

PLAN OF OPERATION 

For further points consult Chapter IV, "Starting 
The Order of Sir Galahad in a Parish." Here will be 
found suggestions important for the active and vigor- 
ous promotion of the Order in any given parish. 

THE SUPREME DIRECTOR AND COUNCIL 

The movement is establishing itself so widely as a 
type of organization well suited both to serve the 
boy's interests and to promote his life within the 
Church, that the time is ripe for centralization: 
therefore it has been incorporated under the name 
of The Order of Sir Galahad. Centralized control is 
obtained through the administrative head of the 
Order, the Supreme Director and Council, elected in 
part by the incorporators. 

The Supreme Director and Council will receive all 
applications for membership in the Order, will issue 
charters to new Courts, will be at the service of 
churches needing speakers to present boys' work, 
will act as organizers to establish new Courts, and will 
exercise in a general way a co-ordinating oversight 
over all Courts of the Order. Through its executive, 
this Council welcomes correspondence from inter- 
ested persons. 

The Headquarters are at 1 Joy Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts. 

Section 3. What Constitutes a Standardized Unit 

A Court of the Order working towards the official 
standard of organization will: — 

1. Register at Headquarters as a charter-holding unit, 

2. Comply with the By-laws of the Corporation of The 

Order of Sir Galahad, 

3. Recognize the Supreme Director and Council as the 

central authority. 

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4. Adopt the program and method outlined in this 

Manual. 

5. Adopt the Five Degrees with their respective Initia- 

tions and Vows as set forth in this Manual. 

6. Adopt the official Coat of Arms and other official 

insignia. 



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CHAPTER III 
THE HOLY GRAIL 

Section 1. The Galahad Story, as Interpreted by the 

Abbey Pictures. 
Section 2. Chivalry — Ancient and Modern. 



CHAPTER III 
The Holy Grail 

Section 1. The Galahad Story, as Interpreted by the 
Abbey Pictures 

Reproductions of the story of the Quest of the 
Holy Grail, which appear in this volume, have been 
very kindly placed at our disposal by Messrs. Curtis 
& Cameron of Boston, and are taken from the famous 
Abbey pictures that have made the Boston Public 
Library known throughout the country. 

To understand the story, one must go back into 
the early traditions that have to do with the insti- 
tution of the Holy Communion. The Grail is an- 
other word for the chalice or cup that holds the 
consecrated wine in this service. Tradition says that 
the Holy Grail was the actual cup used by Jesus at 
the institution of the Last Supper. Joseph of Arima- 
thea is closely connected with the tradition, which 
represents him as taking the cup and holding it to 
the wounded side of Christ. Thus the blood of 
Christ filled the chalice and it became the center of 
adoration and worship. For many years tradition 
loses sight of the Grail, but eventually it is found 
in Glastonbury, Britain, where it was placed in the 
protection of knightly guardians, and seems to have 
been the cause of miracles and wonders, much as we 
think of sacred shrines today. Later, through un- 
faithfulness to the trust, the Grail was taken to 
a castle upon a hill and placed in the hands of King 
Amfortas, the Fisher King. Thereafter, his castle 
was called the Castle of the Grail, and upon him 
rested the responsibility of reverently protecting the 
sacred vessel. Others, it would seem, did not know 
the whereabouts of this castle; it was revealed only 

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to those worthy of such knowledge. Unfortunately 
for King Amfortas, the sight of the Holy Grail was 
withdrawn, both from him and from those in his 
castle, because of a failure to recognize the privilege 
that was theirs; and as a punishment he and his 
court were doomed to languish forever in a living 
death, until the perfect knight should come who 
might set them free to real and long-desired death, 
by being worthy of seeing the Holy Grail and by 
asking the King the meaning of it. 

THE VISION 

The interesting story of the Quest of the Holy 
Grail really begins with the birth of Galahad. Little 
is known of his birth, though it is understood that 

on his mother's 
side he was de- 
scended from 
Joseph of Ari- 
mathea. One can 
understand why 
this connection 
should be stressed 
in all the tradi- 
tions, because of 
the latter's asso- 
ciation with the 
early history of 
the Grail. 

While Galahad 
was still a baby 
h e was c o m - 
mitted into the 
care of a com- 
p a ii}' of nuns, 
there to remain 
until he should 
come to years of 
manhood. It was 
while he was living there that he had his first vision 
of the Holy Grail. The picture entitled "The 




THE VISION 

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Boston 



The Holy Grail 

Vision" shows a nun holding the babe, who in turn 
is much interested in the presence of an angel. Tradi- 
tion says that, while the nun was pacing to and fro 
with the young child in her arms, suddenly a clear, 
soft, bright light appeared, — so bright that the nun 
was forced to turn her face away. So in the picture 
we see the nun kneeling but not facing the angel. 
The baby, on the other hand, much attracted by the 
bright light, appears reaching forth as it were toward 
the angel, and particularly toward the chalice or the 
Grail, the sacred, mystic vessel that was covered 
with red samite until such time as the spotless knight 
should win the right to see it uncovered. This first 
appearance of the Holy Grail was regarded by those 
in the convent as an omen of things to come. 

THE OATH OF KNIGHTHOOD 

The second of the pictures is "The Oath of Knight- 
hood." Galahad remained with the nuns until he 
became a stalwart youth, when it was thought that 




THE OATH OF KNIGHTHOOD 

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he should not remain cloistered any longer but should 
go out to face the great world and accomplish knight- 
ly deeds. So it was that in preparation for his depar- 



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The Holy Grail 

ture, he spent a whole night kneeling before the altar in 
the chapel in prayer and meditation, with none about 
him but the silent carved figures in the reredos, lit by 
candles upon the altar. Thus in the silent chapel he 
thought upon many things. With the dawn, his vigil 
ended, he was prepared to take the vow of knighthood. 
Kneeling upon the topmost step of the altar, with Sir 
Launcelot and Sir Bors kneeling upon the lowest 
step, and behind them, again, the holy nuns with 
uplifted tapers faintly burning, Galahad took the 
oath of knighthood, the high vow of chivalry, "to 
speak the truth, and to maintain the right, to pro- 
tect the poor and distressed and all women, to prac- 
tise courtesy and kindness, to despise the allure- 
ments of ease and safety, and to maintain honor 
and the Cause of God in a very perilous adventure." 
Upon his heels the two worthy knights, Sir Launcelot 
and Sir Bors, buckled the golden spurs of knight- 
hood; and Sir Galahad fared him forth into the 
great world, where he was to learn the wisdom of 
this world fiom the mouth of Gurnemanz, the wise 
and subtle one, just as he had learned the knowledge 
of higher wisdom from the lips of the holy nuns. 

THE ROUND TABLE 

The next step in the tradition has to do with the 
picture representing the Round Table of King Arthur. 
The Round Table was characteristic of the Court of 
King Arthur and stood in the great Hall of Conclave 
at Camelot. Around this table used to sit the many 
knights who gave their allegiance to King Arthur. 
There was one seat, however, the Seat or Siege 
Perilous, in which none might sit without hurt to 
himself, save he who was destined to occupy it. 
Merlin had foretold that none but the spotless knight 
should sit in this seat. The spotless knight was he 
who from birth had been set aside to undertake the 
Great Adventure, the quest for the Holy Grail. 

It chanced, as King Arthur and his knights sat at 
the Round Table banqueting sumptuously, that the 
great doors of the Hall of Conclave flung wide open 

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of themselves and strange things happened. The 
first of these was that the Hall was filled with a 
flood of white, clear light. The second was that there 
appeared an ancient man clothed all in white and 
closely hooded so that none might see his face, 
though tradition says that many thought he was 
Joseph of Arimathea. Then there was the appearance 
of a youthful knight clad all in red, with golden hair, 
whom the hooded figure led by the hand. Strangest 
of all, the white figure seemed to be guiding the 
youthful knight straight toward the Siege Perilous! 
Then uproar arose in the Hall and dire dismay, for 
goblets were thrown down and swords were drawn 
and the music of the harps ceased. Arthur rose 
from his seat and all were struck with silent 
wonder. Yet still the hooded figure advanced and 
advanced toward the fatal seat, leading with his 
right hand the red-robed knight, until they reached 
the Siege Perilous. Then it was that there became 
visible to all the knights the legend written This is 
the seat of Galahad: and forthwith Galahad sat 
therein. All the knights of the Round Table then 
marveled greatly who Galahad might be, and why 
one of so few years should dare to sit in the Siege 
Perilous. But these things were to be revealed to 
them as the years ran along. 

A long story it would be to tell how Sir Galahad 
obtained his sword by drawing it forcibly from a 
stone in knightly contest, or how he obtained his 
shield from a White Knight who met him in the 
road outside Camelot, and gave it to him, — a shield 
with a cross of red upon it — a shield that Joseph of 
Arimathea had forged for Avelac of Sarras, — much 
of which is explained by the later pictures. Thus 
supplied with the accoutrements of knighthood, Sir 
Galahad lived at Camelot and went on many a 
perilous adventure. 

THE DEPARTURE 

But among the vows of Galahad when he accepted 
knighthood was the one that he would "despise the 

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The Holy Grail 

allurements of ease and safety." The life at Camelot 
was pleasant as well as luxurious, but it. presented 
the danger that real adventure might be sacrificed 
for personal ease and pleasure. So it was that, as 
all the goodly band of knights sat about the Round 
Table, suddenly the great doors again swung open 
of themselves and again the Hall was filled with a 
flood of white light. Then, as all sat in silence, 
wondering what would happen next, they saw the 
vision of the Holy Grail. Above them, with no 
appearance of any hand to hold or direct it, moved 
the Holy Grail, covered with samite. Slowly it 
passed across the room while all watched intently, 
and then it disappeared. 

Thus were the knights inspired to go out upon 
the Great Adventure; and they swore a vow to set 
out on the morrow and to follow the Quest of the 




THE DEPARTURE 

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Holy Grail. King Arthur was aghast and much dis- 
pleased, for it meant the breaking up of knightly 
fellowship at Camelot, the desertion of the great 
Hall of Conclave, and the ending of happy days. 
Yet the knights had been inspired by the vision of 
the Holy Grail, and not even their allegiance to 
King Arthur could make them forego the Perilous 
Adventure. 

So we have the picture, "The Departure," showing 

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The Holy Gra li- 
the Bishop in the act of giving to the kneeling knights 
his last blessing. On the morrow they knelt in the 
chapel at Camelot and swore that they would "seek 
the quest of the Holy Grail for a twelvemonth and a 
day, and more if necessary, or until such time that 
they should see the Grail more openly than they had 
seen it upon that day." 

THE CASTLE OF THE GRAIL 

Among those who went forth was Sir Galahad. 
Through the forests he went, meeting many a stirring 
adventure, until at last he found himself in Spain 
where, upon Mount Salvat, Amfortas, the Fisher 
King, in living death maintained the mystic Castle 
of the Grail. The land seemed to be influenced by 
the life in the castle, for all was waste and barren 
where in olden time there had been forests, rivers, 
and springs, and many a kind damsel who cared for 
wayfaring knights on perilous adventure. But, 
since the sin of Amfortas, whereby he and his Court 
had the sight of the Grail withholden from them, 
the land had not prospered; fruit and flowers had 
withered, the springs were dry; disease stalked through 
the land. 

Sir Galahad wondered, as he journeyed through 
this country; and meeting two fishermen he asked 
them where he might find shelter. They pointed 
the way to a castle near by. Thanking them, he 
rode on in the direction they had pointed, seeing no 
castle until suddenly, as by enchantment, it appeared 
before him. He entered without protest and seeing 
no one, until at last men attendants met him who 
removed his armor and brought him soft garments 
of red. 

The picture entitled "The Castle of the Grail" 
shows us Sir Galahad standing beside the high couch 
whereon reclined Amfortas in living death. As he 
stood there, suddenly, once more, for the second time, 
was granted to him the vision of the Holy Grail. The 
room was filled with a bright, white light, and there 
appeared to him one carrying the Holy Grail covered 

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with red samite, an- 
other damsel bearing 
upon a golden salver 
the head of a king, like 
to the story of John 
the Baptist. Then 
followed two knights 
bearing aloft seven- 
branched candle- 
sticks, and lastly, one 
who bore a spear with 
blood dripping from 
its point — the very 
spear, says tradition, 
that pierced the side 
of Christ. The oppor- 
tunity seemed near 
for Sir Galahad to 
see the Grail more 
clearly than ever be- 
fore, but he failed to 
ask of King Amfortas 
and his Court the 
fateful question, 
"What do all these 



things 



mean 



s< 



there passed from his 
sight, the Holy Grail 
cov e r e d with red 
samite, the damsel 
with the salver upon 
which lay the head of 
a king, the knights 
w i t h the seven- 
b r a n c h e d candle- 
sticks, and he who 
bore the spear drip- 
ping with blood. So, 
too, Amfortas and his 
Court continued in 
living death, hoping 




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The Holy Grail 

against hope that some day the spotless knight should 
come who would ask the fateful question that Galahad 
(because of his knowledge of worldly wisdom, and 
because of the taint of worldly things) had not been 
worthy to ask. And Galahad therefore lost the 
nearer vision of the Grail. 



THE LOATHELY DAMSEL 

Disappointed and silent, Sir Galahad left these 
strange surroundings to seek him other perilous 
adventures. Soon it was that he met outside the 
gates of the Castle of the Holy 
Grail (which by enchantment had 
disappeared) the Loathely Damsel. 
The Loathely Damsel, bald and 
hideous, rode a charger. Once 
she had been the bearer of the 
Holy Grail, but now, under that 
same enchantment which lay upon 
all who had to do with the pro- 
tection of the sacred chalice within 
the castle, she, too, must lose her 
beauty and go about the world 
tempting good knights to their 
doom until such time as the spot- 
less knight should release them 
from the living death. Behind 
her rode a second lady, after the 
manner of an esquire, and follow- 
ing them on foot was another 
maiden, scourge in hand, who 
drove them forward. These Sir Galahad met; and the 
Loathely Damsel, seeing him, reviled and cursed him 
because he had failed to ask, of King Amfortas 
and his Court, the fateful question that would 
have released them from the living death. As she 
passed on with her attendants, Sir Galahad took 
his way, to find that in all the country around he 
was looked upon with bitterness and received with 
curses, as one responsible for the woe that lay upon 
the land. 




THE LOATHELY 
DAMSEL 

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The Holy Grail 

THE CONQUEST OF THE SEVEN SINS 

The seventh, eighth, and ninth pictures take us to 
the Castle of the Maidens. After leaving the Loathely 
Damsel, Sir Galahad had been counseled, as he 
knelt before 
the altar of a 
quiet country 
chapel, to go 
to the Castle 
of the Maidens 
and destroy 
the wicked cus- 
toms there 
maintained. 
Glad of any 
adventure that 
would help him 
to retrieve past 
failures, he the seven deadly sins 

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Seeking that copyright by Curtis y Cameron, Publishers, Boston 

castle. Many 

sought to stop him in this adventure, advising that it 
would not go well with him. Such advice but con- 
firmed Sir Galahad in his purpose. Thus, seven fair 
maidens met him outside the castle gates, saying, "Sir 
Knight, you ride here in great peril, for before you is 
water over which you must pass." He answered in 
turn, "Why should I not pass this water?" So he pro- 
ceeded until met by an esquire who brought him 
the challenge of the knights of the castle, forbidding 
him to proceed further. He again boldly answered, 
"I come to destroy the wicked customs of this 
castle." 

Soon, therefore, seven fierce knights, clad in heavy 
armor, rushed upon him all together, whereupon Sir 
Galahad drew his sword and engaged all seven in 
fierce combat, striking one after another to the 
earth with heavy stroke, and receiving upon the 
shield with the red cross the mighty thrusts of his 
assailants. At last he set them all to flight. 

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AIL 



Now it must be understood that these seven 
knights stand for the seven deadly sins, which, 
arising in the lives of men, imprison the virtues and 
keep them so, until such time as the spotless knight 
appears, and in fierce conflict with these same seven 
deadly sins puts them to flight and sets free the 
many virtues. 

THE KEY OF THE CASTLE 

This Sir Galahad has accomplished, and so we 

see an ancient 
man present- 
ing to him 
the key to the 
castle, signi- 
fying that in 
his vie t o r v 
over sin he 
had won the 
right to set 
free the 
maidens s o 
long impris- 
o n e d, — to 
speak i n 
terms of sym- 
bolism; — or, 
to speak 
life for the 




v ok Tin-; c VSTI i 



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plainly, to give freedom 
expression of the virtues. 



is own 



THE CASTLE OF THE MAIDENS 

The ninth picture, entitled "The Castle of the 
Maidens," carries forward this idea, as we see Sir 
Galahad in the presence of the maidens (or, as we 
understand, the virtues), who receive him with 
great joy, and whom he gladly sets free and sends 
out into the world. 

Blanchefleur 
Thjs had been a great adventure within the life of 
Sir Galahad; but, as is true so often, temptation 

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The Holy Grail 

followed closely upon victory. So it was that, going 
forth from the Castle of the Maidens, he met the 
worldly-wise Gurnemanz, who led him to promise 

that he would 
seek the 
Castle of 
Blanchefleur 
and marry his 
niece, whose 
name was 
Blanchefleur 
also, which 
signifies 
"White Flow- 
er." Galahad 
visits the 
castle and 
falls in love 
withBlanche- 
fleur; on the 
morrow he is 
to marry her. But, as the hour draws near for the 
wedding, Galahad realizes that thus he shuts himself 
off from the quest of the Holy Grail; and, after a 
night of restless consideration, he decides to make 
the Great Renunciation. The picture shows Sir 
Galahad saying farewell to Blanchefleur, whom he 
leaves sitting forlorn, her bridal roses in her lap. 




BLANCHEFLEUR 

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THE DEATH OF AMFORTAS 

"The Death of Amfortas" brings our minds back 
to the earlier days when the nearer vision of the 
Holy Grail was withheld from Sir Galahad because 
he failed to ask the fateful question. Having made 
the Great Renunciation, as well as having carried 
through the adventure of the Castle of the Maidens, 
he was led to return to the Castle of the Holy Grail, 
hoping that the vision might be granted to him. 
Once again he found things as before, the king and 
his Court reclining in living death. Sir Percival 
and Sir Bors were with him, having met him on the 



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way, but as they reached the castle, a voice in the 
wind was heard saying, "Let all unfit depart, for a 
true knight should be fed with Heaven's food," — 
words full of omen, which compelled these other 
knights sorrowfully to ride away. 

While Sir Galahad stood within the confines of 
the great hall, once more the hall was flooded with 
a white light, "and the radiance of it put out the 
light of the fires as the sun puts out the stars." 
Then there appeared and passed by him in solemn 
procession the damsel bearing the Holy Grail clothed 
in red samite; another with the golden salver upon 
which lay the head of a king; two knights bearing 
seven-branched candlesticks; and a last holding 
aloft the spear dripping with blood. Galahad, 
through temptation and high adventure grown wise 
and more fully understand- 
ing divine things, watched 
in awe and then, looking 
upon the King, asked the 
fateful question, "What 
mean these wondrous 
things?" 

Amfortas and his Court, 
loosed from the thraldom 
of living death, beheld the 
veiled vision of the Holy 
Grail and passed on to real 
death. The picture shows 
Amfortas dying in the arms 
of Sir Galahad, with an 
angel holding the veiled 
chalice, waiting to bear his 
soul to heaven. 




DEATH OF AMFORTAS 



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From a Copley Print, copyright by 

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Boston 



GALAHAD, THE DELIVERER 



The twelfth picture* shows Sir Galahad riding 
upon his horse, clad in red, — not in white, for white 
symbolizes earthly virtue, such virtue as belonged 
to Sir Percival and Sir Bors, not virtue sufficient to 



*See Frontispiece. 



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The Holy Grail 

win the nearer vision of the Holy Grail. The red 
which Galahad always wears symbolizes the divine 
virtue of which the story of the Quest of the Holy 
Grail is the promise and fulfilment. 

Solomon's ship 

The next adventure relates to the charge that 
Galahad should go to the sea and enter Solomon's 
ship, which should bear him to the city of Sarras. 
Much might be said of this ship, how it was built 
by Solomon and how, on the night of its completion, 





SOLOMON'S SHIP 

Copyright by Edwin A. Abbey. From a Copley Print, 
copyright by Curtis 1$ Cameron, Publishers, Boston 

when Solomon would have entered it, the wind 
quietly bore it away, never to be seen again; or of the 
three spindles, one white, one green, and one red, 
which Galahad had found in the ship, which had been 
made from the tree of good and evil. Sir Percival 
and Sir Bors met him as he stood on the seashore 
and with him entered Solomon's ship. 

The thirteenth picture shows the three sitting, 
with Galahad in the center, the ship under full sail, 
Sir Percival and Sir Bors using their shields as 
rudders to guide the ship, — where they knew not, 
but keeping her in the wind. So they sailed and 

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The Holy Grail 

sailed, day upon day, knowing not whither they 
went, leaving the direction in the hands of the wind 
and of God. Meanwhile, before Sir Galahad, but 
withheld from the sight of his knightly companions, 
sat an angel bearing in her hands the Holy Grail 
covered with red samite. 

THE CITY OF SARRAS 

At last they reached their destination, which was 
found to be the City of Sarras,— a city on an island, 
with many a spire and many a turret. As they 




THE CITY OF SARRAS 

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Cameron, Publishers, Boston 



approached, sweet bells were sounding and they 
were welcomed to the city. Sir Galahad had accom- 
plished many a miracle, for he bore with him the 
shield upon which was the red cross that had been 
given by Joseph of Arimathea to King Avelac of 
Sarras. Thus the people recognized the presence 
among them of one destined to the vision of holier 
things, and they made him their king. For a twelve- 
month and a day Sir Galahad reigned over the City 
of Sarras. Meanwhile, he had built for himself, 
near his palace upon a hill, a sacred place. There he 
also built a golden tree, and every morning and 
evening there he went to say his prayers, and daily 
he added gold and gems to his tree. 

THE GOLDEN TREE 

Then, when he had reigned a twelvemonth and a 
day, was granted to him the nearer vision of the 
Holy Grail. As he knelt before the altar upon the 

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hill, suddenly there appeared before him the white- 
robed figure of Joseph of Arimathea surrounded by a 
group of angels; and as Sir Galahad knelt, removing 
his crown and casting away his sceptre, there ap- 
peared, unveiled, the chalice, the Holy Grail! 




THE GOLDEN TREE 

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No longer did Galahad wish to stay in this world. 
He had won the quest of the Holy Grail. Having 
kissed Sir Percival and Sir Bors, he returned to the 
altar upon the hill and was never seen on earth again. 



Section 2. Chivalry — Ancient and Modern 

The vows of the Order of Sir Galahad center 
around great virtues. One of these is chivalry. 
Surely before a boy promises to exercise the quality 
of chivalry he will want to know what the word 
means and how to practice it. Many virtues are 
what we may call interlocking qualities. Truth, for 
example, involves courage; just as purity also means 
exercising bravery. When we keep one command- 
ment we find ourselves happily exercised in keeping 
several others, and this means that the holy man is 
the whole man. Holiness is wholeness. You can't 

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be good in just one direction. It is specially so with 
chivalry, for this virtue seems to relate other good 
qualities together into unselfish service. Being help- 
ful, obedient, true, and being pure and of service are 
all parts of the chivalrous character. 

It helps, however, to define our wishes. To learn 
what we want and to solidify our dreams into definite 
ideals gives point to every day. "Life must be both 
vision and program. A man with only a vision is a 
visionary; a man with only a program is a drudge; 
but the man with both vision and program may be a 
conqueror." And so if we get a vision and program 
in these definite and attainable virtues, which we 
vow to follow when we join the Order, we shall be 
all the more likely to succeed as modern knights in 
daily life. 

Long ago chivalry centered about life on horse- 
back. It is only in our day that the common man, 
the pedestrian, is coming into his own. And that 
time has not wholly arrived. In the old days, per- 
haps 800 A. D., people thought that the minority, 
the exceptional folk who rode on horseback, had 
special rights and deserved a special code. The French 
word for horse is cheval, and the behavior that the 
horseman should develop was called chivalry. Some 
one has said that the earliest hero was a man who 
fought, and then he fought and loved, and next he 
fought and loved and prayed, and last he fought and 
loved and prayed and sang. Probably these four 
activities developed differently in different parts of 
the old world. We know that the Troubadours sang 
about the fights, the wooings, and the crusades of all 
the men who rode over the world on their prancing 
steeds. Often they were cruel, sometimes they were 
passionate, sometimes, as we would say, narrow- 
minded, but always the pages and the squires and 
the knights held aloft the code of chivalry. That 
meant to defend the weak, to punish injustice, to 
honor women and to serve God. We must remember 
that though the code of chivalry applied to a small 
number, the right to be a knight was not inherited 

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but always was by each horseman achieved. The 
true and ancient chivalry, therefore, demonstrates 
that not on birth or material fortune but on fine 
intent, hardened into noble deeds, rests the quality 
which is one of the basic principles in The Order of 
Sir Galahad. If you read in this volume the life of 
that peerless knight, without fear and without re- 
proach, you will get a glistening picture of chivalry 
ancient or modern, — the happy warrior that every 
one of us should wish to be. 

Chivalry is an unselfish refinement of other virtues 
more than a quality all by itself. A boy can be 
courageous and not be chivalrous; he can be pure 
and at the same time be thoughtless of the rights of 
others. The chivalrous person is one who adds to 
his bravery a love of saving others and who expands 
his purity into a burning protection of all weak, 
offended folk. The chivalrous boy can say with 
St. Paul: "Who is offended, and I burn not." And 
so it is necessary that in this Order which seeks to 
develop the best sort of Christian boyhood and 
young manhood, chivalry, the brave, unselfish de- 
votion to big interests, should rank high as motive 
and method. Of course, all that we are saying can 
apply to girls as well as boys, and by speaking of 
the duties of boys we do not call them exclusively 
theirs. 

Every day we can read about or see splendid 
examples of chivalry. In the newspaper we should 
seek not accounts of sordid or worldly misdoings, but 
great themes of nations in the struggle of develop- 
ment and men leaping upward in noble deeds. Here 
is a boy, twelve years old, one of a crowded, happy 
group. They play about the beach. Our boy sees 
some playmate struggling beyond his depth. In he 
rushes. Out he strikes and saves the drowning 
friend. This is bravery and physical prowess en- 
gentled with chivalry. 

But opportunities to be splendid all in a minute 
come but rarely. If we wait for such chances to do 
one big heroic deed we shall not win our spurs. 

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Our virtues grow by mass formation — agglomeration, 
if you don't mind that big word. The ponderous 
boulder of impregnable courage is made up of pebbles 
of inconspicuous bravery. The bulwark of truth 
that will not give against the unexpected blows of 
falsity is the resultant of little grains of daily honesty. 
We cannot be careless in small things and dominant 
in great ones. Just as genius is the capacity to take 
pains, so every virtue is the resultant of inconspicu- 
ous conquests that become habitual. Being kind to 
one's mother is a case of chivalry. Jumping up and 
offering to do some unrequired favor in the family is 
chivalry. Bearing other people's burdens, standing 
up straight and smiling under the heavy load with 
never a thought of reward, is chivalry. Helping lame 
dogs over stiles, leading blind men across the crowded 
street, kicking a board with a nail in it out of the 
path, tearing up an indecent picture, killing by for- 
getfulness a bad story, writing a letter to say you're 
sorry when a friend is in trouble, visiting some one 
who is ill, giving up your seat in the street car, — all 
these and a hundred other things are cases where we 
can exercise in small, unrecorded ways the little 
daily deeds that make up the chivalrous boy and man. 
It must have been a fine thing to be a knight in 
olden days, — in glistening armour to ride out across 
the world, all aglow with consecrated fervour to right 
wrongs and to seek for noble adventure. Life today 
is just as full of romance and high emprise as ever 
it was. Our towns and cities need pages, squires 
and knights as never before. If we add to our truth- 
telling a love of truth and a defence of it; if we add 
to our personal purity a fighting desire to make it 
the privilege of all; if we are not content merely to 
be good but to love righteousness and hate iniquity; 
if we cast aside our personal convenience for the 
sake of making what we know to be good for our- 
selves the heritage of all; then we, too, shall be 
happy warriors and the world will be cleaner and 
sweeter because of our chivalry. 



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CHAPTER IV 

STARTING THE ORDER OF SIR 
GALAHAD IN A PARISH 



Section 1. Some Starting Points. 

Section 2. A Word to the Clergy. 

Section 3. Suggestions for Directors. 

Section 4. Points for the Court Committee. 

Section 5. How to Use the Manual. 



CHAPTER IV 
Starting the Order of Sir Galahad in a Parish 

Section 1. Some Starting Points 

THE PARENTS 

A good way to start is to meet first the parents of 
prospective members, for the purpose of setting 
before them the aims of the Order and the means 
by which it is proposed to realize these aims. 

Tell the parents at the outset that the Church is 
deeply interested in the boys. Explain the nature 
of the Order into which the boys will be invited to 
come, its program running through eleven years 
and over, its indoor features and its outdoor features, 
especially the camp, the success the Order has had 
in keeping large numbers of boys close to the Church 
through the perilous days of restless youth, its close 
connection with the Church, and its splendid contri- 
bution to character through the high ideals that are 
made operative by the agency of the Order. 

All this will appeal to parents and they will say: 
"Splendid! That is exactly what we want for our 
boys. Go ahead and we will back you in every way 
we can." Nothing can be of greater service than a 
backing from parents, and nothing will indirectly 
contribute more to the success of a Court of the 
Order than just that. 

THE BOYS 

In the next place, get together a group of boys 
and talk over possibilities.* Give an evening to the 
conference. Discuss pros and cons of different 
organizations. Draw out a full expression of opinion; 

*See "First Meeting," page 21, in the official "Handbook for Scoutmasters," 
for valuable suggestions. 

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explain, as the discussion proceeds, that there is one 
organization fitted especially for boys of the Episcopal 
Church that will take care of a whole parish full of 
boys at the same time; and make them enthusiastic 
by giving to the respective groups, into which they 
may be divided, a fixed place in the special scheme 
under consideration. 

Tell the boys how this organization, The Order of 
Sir Galahad, has been quietly working in the Church 
since 1896 and has had since that time steady growth, 
purely on its own merits, as an Order applicable to 
all sorts of boys and all sorts of parishes, east, west, 
north and south, — an Order that grips the interest of 
boys because its program is so rich, varied and 
compelling. Call attention to the regalia, pins, 
banners, flags; plans for summer; plans for winter; 
uniforms; and the semi-secret character of the Order, 
the Initiations and the Vows. 

THE CHARTER 

■ When the whole subject has been considered care- 
fully and the boys understand pretty well what it 
is all about, let them vote to ask for a Charter to 
institute in their parish a Court of The Order of Sir 
Galahad. 

Write to headquarters, to the Supreme Director 
and Council of The Order of Sir Galahad, for an 
application blank; fill out and return it with the 
enrollment fee. 

A charter will then be issued, with the understand- 
ing that it shall remain in force so long as the condi- 
tions stated therein are complied with. If not com- 
plied with, the charter automatically becomes void 
and the right to use the appellation The Order of 
Sir Galahad is forfeited. 

THE NEXT STEPS 

Elect, or have the Rector arbitrarily appoint, a 
presiding officer to serve for one year. This presiding 
officer should be chosen from the body of Knights 
and should be crowned King according to the ritual 

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in this Alanual. He and others can proceed to 
initiate Knights, Esquires, Pages and Lads, after 
due preparation has been made for initiation into 
these respective Degrees. A small collection of 
regalia obtained from headquarters or made locally, 
and other items of equipment should be supplied 
beforehand. This gives reality to the preparation 
and appeals to the imagination. 

Getting ready awakens a great deal of interest, 
and it is well to be in no hurry to get through with 
the preparatory stages. Preparation creates a whole- 
some suspense and arouses anticipation. 

FOLLOW THIS MANUAL 

In taking the successive steps follow this Manual 
for Leaders.* Your attention is called especially 
to the Tribunal as the first step in the creation of 
membership. Then, after a week or more has elapsed, 
hold the Vigils. Follow these, after another interval 
of a week or so, with the Initiations themselves. 
Each Degree has its own appropriate Initiation. 

HELPERS 

Do not try to do everything yourself. Create a 
Court Committee. f Begin the work with a long 
look ahead and with the determination to make a 
go of it. Pains and persistence will conquer any- 
thing. Impress your helpers with the importance of 
what is being done, — its importance to the boys and 
its importance to the parish, — and get them com- 
mitted to a steadfast co-operation. Choose the best 
men you can get; not every man is fitted for the job. 
Be sure to read Section 3 of this chapter, — Sugges- 
tions for Directors. 

THE CLERGY 

A Special Section! has been prepared for the 
Clergy, which they are strongly advised to read 

*See Section 5, "How to Use the Manual." 
fSee Section 4. 
JSee Section 2. 

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carefully. In this will be found some points that 
ought to be borne in mind and followed so far as local 
conditions permit. 

Other chapters in the Manual ought to be familiar 
to the Clergy also, even though they may not take 
an active part in the actual administration of the 
local Court of the Order. Possibilities of very great 
moment are involved in this scheme for boy training, 
and the more the Clergy know about the plans the 
more likely it is that these possibilities will become 
actualities. 

LEADERS 

Just as there is a Section for the Clergy in the 
Manual, so also is there a special Section for Leaders* 
where many practical points are suggested that it 
will be worth while to follow. Leaders should read 
this chapter and all other chapters. They will be 
much better qualified for their task by so doing. 

Section 2. A Word to the Clergy 

We hope you are going to look through this Manual, 
then sit down and really read it. Within these pages 
is outlined something entirely different from what 
one generally thinks of as a boys' club. 

THE BOY'S SPIRITUAL LIFE 

The boy's spiritual life is deeper and truer than 
we appreciate. The fact is that we have not begun 
to take advantage of the boy's openness of heart, 
just as we have failed to take advantage of his feel- 
ing of awe, his sense of wonder, his love of the heroic. 
A good way to get at or develop a boy's spiritual life 
is to associate his Church relationships with his 
natural instincts and interests. Here is where The 
Order of Sir Galahad offers help. 

THE CHURCH AND CHIVALRY 

With the ancient days of chivalry as a background, 
with its emphasis upon the place of the Church in 

*See Section 3. 

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the life of Knighthood, it becomes an easy and 
natural course to build into a club program all that 
stands for loyalty to the Church. The boy consents 
and indeed approves. He allows his life to become 
centered in the life of the Church, because only so 
can he fully enter into the spirit of chivalry. The 
Church and Chivalry win together. Think of the 
opportunity of making the Church vital by arousing 
the boy's interest in chivalry! 

But that is not all. Having assumed that the 
Church is to play a natural part in the organization 
of the Order, one proceeds to apply it in all sorts of 
ways to draw out and to develop the boy's spiritual 
life. Look up the chapters onInitiations*and Rituals. f 
What strikes one at once? Is it not this — the note 
of worship, the attempt to get at the boy's deeper 
nature through silence, prayer, music, ritual, as well 
as by surrounding him with the sacred symbolism 
of the Church itself? 

THE RECTOR AND INITIATIONS 

Participate in the annual Initiations of the boys. 
Make yourself a necessary part of the Degree Team. 
Magnify the opportunity that the Vigil presents.! 
Seize upon the privilege of personal contact that the 
quiet talk with the Rector gives. Learn to pray in 
the language of boys.** Add to the Degree Teams' 
desire for seriousness and solemnity your own 
deeper experiences and appreciations. You will 
find in these initiatory proceedings an atmosphere 
that invites your best witness for Christ and creates 
a receptive attitude of mind in the boy. 

CORONATION IN THE CHURCH 

Then there is the Coronation. ft Give it a place in 
the Sunday program. Realize, if there are objections 
to its propriety in the church, that it is a pageant. 

*See Chapter XI. 

tSee Chapter XII. 

JSee Chapter X. 
**See Chapter VII. 
ffSee Chapter VIII. 

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Assume what is true of all boy life,— that boys love 

to do things together, that pageantry appeals to the 
emotions, and that it is an avenue of approach to 
the boy through awe and wonder. The difficulty 
presented by our official Sunday services may be 
that they are framed for adult worship only. If boys 
are to grow naturally into an appreciation of adult 
worship, the spirit of worship must grip them in 
connection with services especially adapted to a boy's 
understanding and interests, such for example as the 
Coronation. 

AN OPEN DOOR 

The ancient days of chivalry were spoken of as a 
background that enables us to relate the Church to 
the life and interests of the boy. We cannot em- 
phasize too often that The Order of Sir Galahad 
may be made the means to this end. It has the 
background — all that is needed is the Rector's 
interest and appreciation of its possibilities as the 
open door into a boy's life. 

HOLY COMMUNION THE QUEST OF THE HOLY GRAIL 

Take the Holy Communion for example. W hat an 
opportunity to link it up with the Quest of the Holy 
Grail! And that, too, right along the line of the boy's 
interest.* Naturally he wants the experience of the 
Quest of the Holy Grail. All boy life desires to live 
over the experiences of its heroes. Y\ hat sermons 
or addresses might be given to boys by a Rector 
saturated with the traditions, and aroused to their 
symbolic meaning in the light of the service of the 
Holy Communion. Always, everywhere, the Rector 
is facing the problem of regular attendance of boys 
at the service of Holy Communion. Boys are pre- 
sented for confirmation and then they disappear. 
The Order of Sir Galahad fosters Corporate Com- 
munions. Boys will come as a group and love to 
come as a group where there is not the stimulus to 
come alone. 



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THE PLUS SIGN 

The Order of Sir Galahad is not merely a boys' 
club but a boys' club with a big plus sign after it, 
the plus sign representing all that the Order may 
become to the Church and to the life of the boy. 
In the hands of an indifferent Director a Court of 
this Order may tend to become merely a boys' club; 
but, under the leadership of a man who sees in every 
boy a future staunch Christian Churchman, and in 
some boys ministers of the Gospel, The Order of Sir 
Galahad offers great possibilities for the strengthening 
of the Church through an increase in its manhood. 

Section 3. Suggestions for Directors 

What we have in mind in this section is to gather 
together suggestions that will be of value to Directors 
in establishing Courts of the Order as well as in guid- 
ing their Courts along lines that are characteristic 
of The Order of Sir Galahad. Not all that is sug- 
gested here is meant to be put into effect at one 
time; neither should a Director feel that he must 
adopt all that is suggested. Rather it is meant to 
be a treasury upon which he may draw at will. 

LEADERS 

The problem of securing Leaders is one that every 
organization for boys must solve. Naturally a new 
Court faces this difficulty at once. The secret of 
success is to begin small. Secure your Leaders by 
personal approach. The greatest mistake you can 
make in this respect is to appeal for Leaders through 
the Rectors' notices on Sunday. Often enough those 
volunteer whom you cannot use to the best advan- 
tage; yet, having called for volunteers, you are 
forced to accept them. A better plan is to consult 
with the Rector about possible Leaders and then 
go out and get them. 

The real Leaders who should be responsible for 
carrying out the year's program ought to be re- 
cruited from the body of Knights. The Counselors 

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whom you have hand-picked are most useful as 
chairmen of the several departments of work. Their 
committees should be composed of Knights, who 
will see that the programs for Knights, Esquires, 
Pages and Lads are carried through. 

DEGREE CABINETS 

Of great value are the Degree Cabinets. There 
may be one for each Degree, composed of six mem- 
bers of the Degree. They form an advisory body 
that will give you the best suggestions which you 
can secure for the year's program within their Degree. 
Through them you discover whatever may be wrong 
with your program and learn how best to suit it to 
the boys' interests. 

Equally important is their value as Leaders within 
their own Degree. Make them responsible for carry- 
ing out their program; delegate your authority as 
far as possible to them. In all group games make 
them the leaders or captains. 

PROGRAM PROMOTERS 

The Knights with a Counselor as chairman may 
be made responsible for the programs. If possible, 
have eight Knights and a Counselor for each Degree, 
so that two Knights working together may be re- 
sponsible each week of the month throughout the 
year. Their duty is to plan the program for their 
evenings; to secure all necessary material, and to 
be on hand well in advance of the boys. Give these 
Knights, however, the realization that the boys' 
Cabinet is carrying out the program, while they are 
there in an advisory capacity, ready to take charge 
the moment the Cabinet falls down or the boys get 
beyond control. 

The essential value of this detailed organization is 
that in a few years your Court will not have to seek 
Leaders outside; you will have developed the best 
sort of Leaders right within your organized boy life. 
Look ahead, then, when the problem of finding 
Leaders seems your most difficult task. 

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MEETINGS 

Outline your winter's program during the summer. 
The boys respond to the knowledge that the plan 
for the year has been carefully thought out. Be pre- 
pared is a fine motto for Scouts; it is essential for 
Court Directors. 

Whatever your year's program is, have it printed. 
The cost is easily met by charging a minimum price 
to cover printing. 

Always hold your meetings for any particular 
Degree on the same night each week. For instance, 
let all Degrees know that the first Monday is a 
Full Conclave, with "eats"; that all other Mondays 
in the month are Pages' meetings, that all Tuesdays 
are Esquires' meetings, and so forth. Meetings of 
the Lads ought to be in the afternoon. 

ATTENDANCE 

Maintain a record of attendance. Insist that dues 
be paid monthly at the Full Conclave. Failure to 
pay dues on time, or irregularity of attendance, 
ought at once to bring a loss of privileges. Discipline 
of this nature will never lose you the boys worth 
having. 

MONTHLY SUPPERS 

Monthly suppers for Pages and Esquires, followed 
by a program, appeal to boys. The cost may be 
covered by a charge for supper. 

The business of the Court is best transacted at a 
business supper for Knights and Counselors once a 
month. This enables the fellows to get away by 
eight for other engagements. Make these meetings 
short and snappy, providing an interesting ten- 
minute speaker, followed by discussion, or making 
your supper committee responsible for a novel 
program. 

In your printed program name the chairman of 
the supper committee and assign him a committee 
taken alphabetically from the list of Counselors and 

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Knights. This insures every member's getting a 
chance and promotes the keenest rivalry. 

GALAHAD MOTHERS 

Solve the problem of service at your suppers by 
organizing the Galahad Mothers.* These are mothers 
of members with one as chairman (possibly a group 
of six), who take charge and solicit contributions 
of food and delicacies for the larger banquets. The 
chairman of Galahad Mothers appoints sub-chair- 
men from her group to take charge of the smaller 
suppers, each sub-chairman being free to choose her 
own committee from the mothers of Pages or Esquires, 
according as either is having the supper. There is 
no better way of enlarging the interest of the home 
in the work among boys. 

ON TIME 

All meetings should begin on time. Arrange your 
meetings so that a good feature comes first, from 
which you exclude tardy members. Your problem 
of tardiness will thus solve itself. 

Impress upon your Leaders that punctuality and 
thorough preparation previous to the meetings are 
absolutely necessary. Point out to your Leaders 
that the best way to secure and to maintain control 
of the meetings is to be on hand fifteen minutes 
before the first boy. Never let the parish house be 
opened until the Leader arrives and preparations 
are completed. 

As Director, keep ahead of your program by at 
least a week. A postal to the chairman of next 
week's program, sent out the week previous, is of 
the greatest value. 

HELPFUL HINTS 

1. Let the boys run their own meetings. One of 
the greatest mistakes that Leaders make is to 
delegate their authority to others and then 
forget that they have done so by appearing 

*See Chapter V, Section 3. 

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to run the meetings themselves. I. earn to 
keep in the background. 

2. Create Leaders in all Degrees. Keep this always 

in mind, if you expect to have Leaders later. 

3. Share the work. Direct and advise, but expect 

that the work is to be done by the boys. 
Part of the fun from the boys' standpoint is 
to put through a good job. 
b Insist that Leaders be punctual. Meetings are 
often wrecked through lack o( punctuality. 

5, Appear and disappear. Do not stick around! 

Plan well, prime your Leaders through a 
Leaders' class, get next week's program going 
this week, at your desk, over the telephone, 
by personal interview, by letter; then expect 
your Leaders to be in their [Maces ahead o\ 
time and earn it through. Look in on the 
meeting some time after it is under way, but 
get out again before it is over. Otherwise 
your Leaders may shirk. They will not be 
on time if they know you are sure to be there 
to start things. Put the responsibility on 
them. 

6, Distribute the work as well as the honors. 

7, Be firm. Boys like it. They will "work" you 

if they size you up as "easy." \ decision 
once made ought not to be revoked except 
under real cause. 

v Make the club a privilege. Hues and attendance 
are related to "eats" and banquets. Prefer to 
lose a track-meet by running a box in good 
Standing rather than a crack runner who 
seldom attends. 

9. Re fair. Have no favorites. Naturally you will 
like some boys more than others, but the place 
to show it is not in a meeting of boys. 
10. keep smiling! Never be angry. Whatever a 
box does, keep your temper. Otherwise your 
control is gone. 
Be ready to try anything once, but put it on 
the boys to carry through the suggestion. 

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12. Be a teacher in the Church School and a member 

of the choir, too, if at all possible, if you are 
a leader among boys. Thus you can link up 
Sunday with your weekday contact with the 
boys. 

13. Maintain records of your members — name, 

address, age, initiation, characteristics, etc. 

14. A Point System with awards at the annual 

banquet is of interest to boys, and enables 
you to keep tabs on the boys' development.* 

15. Work into your Point System references to the 

Bible, the Prayer Book, the Galahad tradi- 
tion, and the history of the nation. 

16. Visit the homes of your boys. Know the parents. 

Aim to have supper with each boy in his 
home. He will invite you if you give him 
half a chance. 

17. Remember your boys on their birthdays with a 

card or a personal letter of greeting if possible; 
all ways that show your interest have their 
effect in winning the friendship of your boys. 

18. Take your boys to the Holy Communion. It is 

remarkable what may be accomplished in a 
year's time if you make your Communion 
every Sunday at eight and get a different boy 
to go with you each time. There are fifty-two 
Sundays; think of the personal contact with 
fifty-two boys. 

19. Take a continuous interest in each boy's school 

work. A Leader can do much to keep a boy 
in school and awaken in him a desire to make 
college. One of many ways to awaken in him 
a desire to go to college is to plan pilgrimages 
or hikes to your college, view the library, get 
tickets to the less important games, name 
your teams within Degrees by colleges, per- 
suade a college player to give a talk on foot- 
ball tactics, or on the big game. 

20. Find time to walk and talk with your boys, and 

use these occasions to arouse ambitions for 

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college. Suggest and advise a vocation. 
Mention the ministry if the boy shows promise. 

21. Remember that the Y. M. C. A. is ready to co- 

operate with you. See the Secretary and 
arrange for the use of the gymnasium and 
tank. The Y. M. C. A. wishes to have the 
community make use of its facilities. 

22. Hold athletic and intellectual meets with other 

boys' organizations in your community. Such 
contests will develop Court spirit and loyalty 
to the Order. 

Section 4. Points for the Court Committee 

The Court Committee is a body of three young 
men appointed by the Rector from the Vestry, the 
Men's Club, or the Degree of Counselors. The 
chairman and executive of this body of three is the 
Director of the Court, who in some cases may be 
the Rector of the Parish, in others the Assistant, or 
in still others, a leading Counselor of the Line. 

The Court Committee with a Director at their 
head are the four persons responsible for the welfare 
and development of the Court. It is their duty to 
see that the Court is kept not only alive but vigor- 
ously alive, year after year, as an established insti- 
tution of the Parish. 

Speaking in terms of explicit duties the Court 
Committee may be expected: 

1. To relieve the Rector of the responsibility of 

carrying on the boys' work in the Parish. 

2. To act as the connecting link between Head- 

quarters and the Court; also between the 
Vestry and the boys of the Parish. 

3. To act as the executive and judicial body of the 

Court. 

4. To supervise the raising of funds and the control 

of finances. 

5. To act as the custodian of Court property. 

6. To give constant and encouraging support. 

7. To promote and make possible a Court Camp. 

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8. To assume active direction of the Court when 

there is no Director. 

9. To serve as the local Committee if there is a 

Scout troop in the Parish. 
10. To make the Parish sympathetic with the whole 
Boys' Work program and responsive to its 
needs. 

Section 5. How to Use the Manual 

This Galahad Manual for Leaders should be 
used with such adaptations and modifications as 
local conditions require. 

Small Courts and Courts just getting under way 
will find it convenient to use a minimum of the 
Ritual, following possibly a condensed form. Larger 
and well-established Courts will drift gradually 
toward the fuller use as set forth in detail. 

There is no desire to fit all Courts into the same 
mould. It is intended rather to give each the free- 
dom to use what it can and to reject what it can- 
not use. 

It is well at first to go slowly and not attempt to 
do all or to use everything that is here suggested. 

Start simply, build securely, and, in course of 
time, it will be found that what the Manual con- 
tains will probably be none too much for the full 
expression of the life of a mature, well-developed 
organization. 



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CHAPTER V 
GETTING TOGETHER 

Section 1. The Annual Banquet. 

Section 2. Banquets for Fathers and Sons and Mothers 

and Sons. 
Section 3. A Band of Galahad Mothers. 
Section 4. Go-operation Between the Boys and the 

Girls of the Parish. 
Section 5. The Family Pew. 
Section 6. Corporate Communions of Fathers and Sons 

and Mothers and Sons. 



CHAPTER V 
Getting Together 

Section 1. The Annual Banquet 

HOW TO PLAN AND EXECUTE IT 

The Annual Banquet is one of the most telling 
events in the yearly program. It comes at the end 
of the year and brings the season's work to a close 
with a great display of light, color and festivity, to 
say nothing of the flow of oratory and the feast itself. 
The aim is to focus in this, the last event of the 
year, the Court's full glory and to send the ban- 
queters home highly pleased and full of schemes for 
the future welfare of the Order. 

As to the arrangements, they ought to be started in 
ample time. Appoint well in advance of the banquet 
date the following, committees: 

1. Executive: To co-ordinate the work of the 

other committees and to see that their 
duties are discharged and that the plans 
are all carried out as intended. 

2. Arrangements: To determine the place, pro- 

vide tables, dishes, waitresses, to issue 
invitations, to secure speakers and to see, 
after the banquet, that the properties used 
are returned in proper condition to their 
rightful places. 

3. Decorations: To decorate the banquet hall 

and tables by the use of potted plants, 
flowers, crepe paper in Galahad colors, 
banners, flags and emblems; and to take 
down and put away the decorations after 
the banquet. 

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4. Food Supplies: To decide on the menu and to 

provide the same either through a caterer 
or by asking for contributions in quantity 
of such things as can be furnished by the 
boys themselves, seeing to it that the cor- 
rect amount of food of the different kinds 
is supplied. 

5. Serving: To see that the food is assembled 

before the banquet and made ready to be 
placed on the table when the banquet hour 
arrives. After the banquet to dispose of 
what is left either by gift or by auction. 

6. Entertainment: To see that printed songs and 

a song leader are provided and that if 
possible an orchestra is present. 

7. Program: To provide a printed menu with 

the names of the speakers and such other 
matter printed on it as may be fitting. 

INVITATIONS 

Talk up the banquet weeks before. See that the 
committee on invitations gets busy in plenty of time 
to make it a topic of lively discussion among the 
boys themselves, as well as a subject to awaken keen 
anticipation. With the invitation should go a card 
for reply. 

REQUIREMENTS FOR ATTENDANCE 

Admission should be by ticket. Whether the boy 
should pay for the ticket is an open question. If 
he does not pay for it, the way is open to insist upon 
certain requirements, namely that the yearly dues 
shall be paid and that the boy has good standing in 
the Court. As "good standing" may mean different 
things in different parishes, it will have to be ex- 
plained what is meant in this instance. In some 
parishes it may mean payment of yearly dues. In 
others, it may mean good work in the Church School. 
In still others it may mean all these and attendance 
at Church service in addition. Or it may mean just 

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ordinary interest in and loyalty to the Order. But, 
whatever it means, see that only those in good 
standing are permitted to come, if the tickets are 
issued without charge. 

If, on the other hand, the tickets are paid for, 
it is not quite so easy to exact these requirements; 
but over against that is the gain which comes from 
the experience which the boy has in working for or 
in saving the money that the banquet ticket costs 
him. It may be more wholesome for the boy to 
earn the money and pay for his ticket than it is for 
him to receive it as a gift. If he does pay for it 
the problem of financing the banquet becomes 
simpler and easier. One more word might be said 
and that is this: If the banquet is made particularly 
inviting to the boys and held up before them as 
something especially desirable, with the intention 
to make it so, it' would be possible not only to get 
them to pay for the tickets, but also to get them 
to conform to the various requirements as set down 
above. 

ROUNDING UP THE OLDER BOYS 

In spite of every effort made to prevent it, a few 
of the older boys may lose connection with the 
Court during the year. This is the time to get them 
back. The chances are that, having come and 
having shared once more the pleasures of Court 
fellowship through old friends met and old times 
talked over, they will renew their interest and come 
again into the life of the Order, stronger in their 
appreciation of all that it means. Go through the 
lists, then, pretty carefully, and send invitations to 
all the old boys. Follow up the formal invitations 
with a personal note, if necessary, or better still 
a personal call. The Church cannot afford to lose 
even one boy if any attention within reason will 
win and hold him. 

BOYS FROM OTHER PARISHES 

If the banquet makes an impression upon the old 
boys returning and helps to make them active, it 

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will also make an impression upon the boys from 
other organizations that are just getting under way 
or, having gotten under way, are losing heart for 
some reason or other. Invite a few such boys for 
the good it will do them. Thus the banquet becomes 
a missionary agent, which bolsters up and puts zeal 
into a neighboring Court. 

THE VESTRY 

By all means get hold of the Vestry. It may be 
difficult to get them to come, but nevertheless see 
that some of the best seats are reserved for the 
officials of the parish. If possible, have them occupied. 
There is a chance here to do some missionary work; 
for probably the Vestry will not take much stock in 
this boys' work business until they see it well on 
the way to success. They must be converted. They 
must become boys again and mingle with the boys 
if they want to get the boys. It would be interesting 
to know what the ordinary boy thinks about the 
Vestry. It is pretty clear what the ordinary Vestry 
thinks of the boy. Get together is a good motto for 
both Vestry and boys. The banquet is an excellent 
place to bring about this "get-together." 

REGALIA 

Let the boys come in their regalia. Color and char- 
acter are added to the occasion when they are worn. 
It is a sure-enough Galahad banquet if the arm-bands 
of the Lads, the collars of the Pages, the scarfs of 
the Esquires, the capes of the Knights and the 
sashes of the Counselors of the Line are in evidence. 
Regalia impart to the occasion an air of importance 
that boys like. 

FINANCING THE BANQUET 

If the food is contributed the cost is restricted to 
ice cream, sweets and possibly one or two other 
items that cannot be provided by the boys them- 
selves. The money to pay for this may be raised by 
passing the hat among a few interested men and 

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women who like to see the boys have a good time 
and who believe that money spent on the boys is 
well spent. 

If all the food is to be paid for, it will be necessary 
not only to pass the hat, but also to draw on the 
treasury of the Court, which may have been pro- 
vided with funds to meet a demand like this by an 
entertainment of some sort given by the boys them- 
selves. It ought to be pretty clear that the money 
is in sight before the plans are much elaborated. It 
is bad business to carry a banquet through and then 
try to get the money afterwards. Know before- 
hand how much you are going to have to spend and 
where it is coming from. If the boys pay for their 
tickets, the matter of finance is practically taken 
care of. 

the menu 

The menu need not be elaborate nor abundant. 
Many of the boys will have had their supper before 
coming to the banquet. A menu such as this would 
do very well: 

Grape Fruit 

Cold Ham Scalloped Potatoes 

Rolls 

Cocoa 
Ice Cream Cake 

SUPERVISION 

Supervision must be exercised. In the first place 
the boys, especially the younger ones, should be told 
to come with clean hands and faces and spruced up a 
bit, — just "in from the street" will not do. It will 
be of advantage to distribute older boys and men 
among the younger boys as a means of insuring 
good order and good manners. There will be less 
temptation to be boisterous and to throw spare food 
about if Counselors are interspersed among the boys. 
Remember the Scout motto, Be Prepared. 

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THE SPEECHES 

The speeches offer an opportunity worthy of time 
and thought and effort in the search for telling 
speakers. Boys like to hear good speeches but 
neither too many of them nor too long. This is for 
more than one boy a susceptible moment, when the 
speaker has them in his power. He must be a man 
who knows how to talk to boys, a man, too, who has 
something to say worth their hearing. Beyond that, 
a man of standing in the community, as the mayor, 
a member of the legislature or of Congress, or a man 
of achievement, as a leading manufacturer or busi- 
ness man, a live missionary, or some one in the public 
eye, will give the occasion importance, if he realizes 
the importance of it himself from the educational 
point of view. The main speaker would be worth 
spending money to get, if he cannot be got for noth- 
ing. He should be had, however, for the intrinsic 
value of what he will say, not merely for the amuse- 
ment he can furnish. 

There must not be too many speeches. Yet it is 
worth while to hear a few sentences from the Rector, 
occasionally to hear a word from a visiting member 
of the Order, usually to hear from a member of the 
Vestry with a big heart for boys, and almost always 
from one or more representatives of the boys them- 
selves. To tell what the motto of his Degree means 
to him often gives a boy an opportunity to say 
something of value to the Director as well as to his 
fellows. 

FINALLY 

The Annual Banquet may be, for many a boy who 
attends, a highwater mark in his experience. It 
may strike a note in his life that will go on rever- 
berating until he finds himself in college as a result, 
possibly later in the ministry. The speeches may 
determine the career of more than one boy, and all 
the boys will derive good from the atmosphere of 
fine fellowship sure to prevail on such an occasion. 

Therefore take the banquet seriously and put a 

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lot into it. The boys will get a great deal out of it. 
The parish will profit by it and the local unit of 
The Order of Sir Galahad will gain an impulse that 
will carry all through the next year. 
Have a banquet! 

Section 2. Banquets for Fathers and Sons and Mothers 
and Sons 

A FATHERS AND SONS' BANQUET 

At the beginning of the Court year in November, 
it is well to start off with a Fathers and Son's Banquet. 
To make it a success, begin a month in advance. 
Appoint committees,* send out invitations and make 
sure that all details outlined as necessary steps in 
preparing the Annual Banquet are attended to. 

One thing is imperative in the Fathers and Sons' 
banquet that does not apply to the Annual Banquet, 
namely, getting a father for every boy and a boy for 
every father. In other words, the guest unit is 
not one but two — a man and a boy; father and son 
if possible, but failing that, a man for each boy, and 
a boy for each man. They may even be strangers. 
When the time arrives to take places at the table, 
fathers and sons march in together. To bring about 
this arrangement, it will be necessary to see a good 
many fathers, write a good many letters, and inter- 
view a good many boys, in order to make sure at the 
last that each man knows the name of his boy (if 
he is not his own son), and that each boy knows the 
corresponding fact about the man with whom he 
is to be. 

A Fathers and Sons' banquet, with men and boys 
carefully paired as described above, will go off finely 
if other details are carried out, especially details 
which have to do with the speaking. The toast 
master should be well primed. He should be taught 
beforehand how to introduce the speakers, by some one 
who himself knows how, and what anecdotes to use: 
and the speakers — boys and men — should themselves 

*See preceding Section. 

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have some little coaching, especially the boys, in the 
parts they have to play. It is always interesting to 
have some speaker tell a story, — the Galahad story, 
St. George and the Dragon, or some equally thrill- 
ing tale of the days of chivalry. If possible include 
in the list of speakers a man prominent in athletics, 
the mayor of the city, a prominent school teacher, 
also a father and a son, as well as the Rector of the 
parish, a member of the Vestry, and others who are 
interested in boy welfare. 

A MOTHERS AND SONS' BANQUET 

A banquet for the mothers arranged and served 
by the boys would be an interesting occasion for 
both mothers and sons. The mothers would greatly 
enjoy the fun of it all, besides the very pleasant 
break in the routine of serving meals, while the boys 
might learn a few things that would help them to 
understand a little better the mothers' side of the 
household. 

Oversight by some competent person is necessary 
if the banquet is to be a creditable affair. Attempted 
by the boys alone, disaster would almost inevitably 
follow. Some one must help the boys. Here comes 
in an opportunity for fathers to be of service in the 
matter of directing oversight. 

A Mothers' Banquet arranged and executed by 
the boys under direction is an interesting possibility, 
and ought to give to all concerned a very happy 
evening. 

Put a Mothers and Sons' Banquet in the program 
as one of the big things of the year. 

Too often there is cleavage between the Church 
and the home, the home and the boys. By drawing 
fathers and mothers to the Church with their boys, 
that gap is closed. As a result the home benefits, 
the boy benefits, likewise the Church. The welfare 
of the boy is closely bound up with the welfare of 
the family. The Church, by promoting the welfare 
of each, promotes the welfare of both. 

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Section 3. A Band of Galahad Mothers 

The mothers of the boys can and should be formed 
into a band for all sorts of co-operating service. 
They like to help and they like the idea, also, of being 
referred to and known as the Galahad Mothers. 

The Director of the Court will take the first step 
towards bringing about this organization by asking 
them to meet to talk over plans. He will outline the 
work, he will arouse their interest. He will get them 
to organize as an auxiliary, not to raise money but 
to lend a hand in some of the various phases of 
Court life. 

Take the banquet. No one can do better than they 
the work of soliciting, preparing and serving the food. 
They know exactly how to go at it. They know the 
desirable makes of salads, cold and hot dishes, and 
how much to put on of each kind. They know the 
appetites of boys. They are too wise ever to be 
found wanting in the quantity of food needed. They 
know the art of holding resources in reserve. There 
is always enough when the mothers do the planning. 

During the year there are gatherings besides the 
banquet when refreshments are an attractive feature, 
even "slight refreshments" as one boy expressed it. 
Here also the mothers are indispensable. It is only 
necessary to turn to them with a request and certain 
of them immediately respond. 

Another important service that the mothers can 
render is that of assistance in the making of regalia, 
banners and emblems. It is possible for the mothers 
at regular weekly or monthly meetings to give their 
entire time to the task. They can provide the 
material, do the cutting and making and so save a 
considerable sum. Not only is this a financial gain 
but it serves to create a broader interest in the 
organization itself. The mothers are not merely 
spectators, they are co-operators. It is very desir- 
able to encourage participation in this way. 

In addition to all this, it is fine to have them 
not only as helpers but as mothers. They give a 

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certain tone to a gathering. The boys see their 
mothers in a new light and the mothers their boys. 
The Court background is greatly broadened by their 
presence and the Order is immensely benefited. 

Section 4. Co-operation Between the Boys and the 
Girls of the Parish 

Just as the mothers may be organized to serve the 
interests of the boys, so also may the girlhood of the 
parish be utilized to good advantage. 

The girls may be organized into an auxiliary with 
the definite purpose of aiding the boys in such ways 
as are possible. They may have work meetings to 
cut out and make regalia and banners, thus saving 
the Court considerable money. They may serve as 
waitresses on the occasion of the Annual Banquet* 
and the Fathers and Sons' Banquet. They may 
even assume the entire responsibility of preparing 
and serving the Mothers and Sons' Banquet. At 
the time of the yearly playf the girls will be glad to 
take charge of providing and selling candy and so 
make a very substantial contribution to the total 
proceeds. They will also feel especially honored if 
they are invited to take part in the play itself. In 
other ways, as opportunities arise, the girls will stand 
ready to back the boys. Care should be taken to 
encourage the boys to appreciate and to express their 
appreciation of the many services rendered by the 
girls and women of the parish. 

With a companion OrderJ established for the girls 
of the parish, co-operation between the boys and 
girls finds enlarged expression. As soon as the two 
Orders are on an equal footing in the parish, the 
spirit of give and take is encouraged. Friendly 
relationships between the boys' and the girls' organi- 
zations are established. Even a wholesome spirit of 
rivalry and competition, under careful supervision, 
mav work no harm. 



*See Sections 1. 2 and 3. 
|See Chapter XIX. 
JSee Appendix. 

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The members of the girls' Order will perform the 
same services, as suggested above, but the boys will 
also find opportunities to be of service to the girls. 
Much fun will result when the boys serve as waiters 
at the girls' banquet. One group of fun-loving boys, 
who had been invited to serve as waiters, surprised 
the girls by appearing in costume, blacked up, 
and purporting to represent the best caterer of the 
town. 

To match the contribution which the girls have 
made to their play, the boys will devise some means 
of making money for the girls, possibly handling the 
program and securing advertisements. They will 
also take the male parts in the girls' play. Perhaps 
they will plan an entertainment or party when the 
girls are the guests of honor, as a concrete way of 
expressing their appreciation for all that the girls 
have done for them. 

Far better that the boys should be taught to give 
service than that they should be allowed selfishly to 
receive all that is done for them and never be called 
upon to reciprocate! And through it all normal, 
friendly ties will be established between the boys 
and the girls of the parish. They will meet on 
common ground in the parish house, which will be 
the scene of many happy occasions. Carefully 
chaperoned dances in the parish house are far safer 
than the questionable dance halls of our cities. 
Hikes and picnics offer opportunities for boys and 
girls to get together in happy comradeship. The 
parish Camp affords a place for the girls as well as 
for the boys, and the traditions of the camp will be 
shared and cherished by the boys and girls alike. 

And in this interchange of courtesies no less than 
three of the five Vows of the Order will find expres- 
sion — Helpfulness, Chivalry, Service. The reaction 
on the boys themselves will be far more beneficial if 
they are given opportunities to serve rather than 
that they should be allowed merely to receive the 
service always so gladly rendered by the women and 
girls of the parish. 

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Section 5. The Family Pew 

In order that the Church may more surely draw 
together and hold the boys and their parents. The 
Order of Sir Galahad would encourage Courts to 
assemble their members with mothers, fathers, and 
others of the family for special occasions of worship. 
Christmas, Easter and other days sacred to families 
are occasions when it would be possible easily to 
persuade the boys to attend a special service and to 
be seen in the family pew with their fathers and 
mothers. 

One service of local interest would naturally be 
the Fathers and Sons' Service, which ordinarily 
would come late in the autumn when the work of 
the Court is getting under way and it is necessary 
to draw together the fathers and their sons for the 
purpose of putting before them once more the serious- 
ness of the aim underlying all the work that is done 
in behalf of the boys and young men of the 
parish. 

Xo greater service can be rendered to the boys 
whom the Church is endeavoring to influence than 
that of building up within them a body of memories 
associated with their parents, which will be a source 
of joy and strength to them as long as they live, 
and in addition will put a moral prop under their 
lives, that will be of definite service through the 
trying days ahead of every vigorous boy well on 
the way to manhood. 

Section 6. Corporate Communions of Fathers and 
Sons and Mothers and Sons 

It is a simple matter to interest fathers and mothers 
(at least some of them) in a Corporate Communion 
with their boys. 

A CORPORATE COMMUNION FOR FATHERS AND SONS 

Such a service for fathers and sons would prove 
stimulating alike to the boys and their fathers, 
especially if the prayers provided in this Manual 

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for fathers and for their sons were used,* and an 
address suited especially to the occasion were made 
by the Rector of the parish. 

After service a breakfast in the parish house would 
give the Rector a fine chance to see his boys and their 
fathers together and perhaps give to them a message 
more intimate in character. 

A CORPORATE COMMUNION FOR MOTHERS AND SONS 

If fathers and sons can be assembled, it ought to 
be an easy matter to assemble mothers and sons for 
a Corporate Communion service at an early morning 
hour. 

At this service prayers prepared for mothers and 
their boys should be usedf and an address made, 
suited to the occasion. Here again breakfast may 
well be served in the parish house and occasion 
taken to stress the importance of maintaining the 
relationships that keep boys loyal to their mothers 
and mothers devoted to the moral and spiritual 
needs of their sons. A day especially appropriate 
for the Corporate Communion of mothers and sons 
would be Mothers' Day, the second Sunday in May. 



■ : j 



*See Chapter VI, Section 3; Chapter VII, Section 6. 
fSee Chapter VI, Section 4; Chapter VII, Section 6. 



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FORTH TO THE QUEST 

Copyright by The Open Road, Boston 



The Galahad Quest 

A Guide for the Galahad Boy 
Who Fares Forth 

to 

Learn to Do His Duty 

Based on "My duty towards God" and "My duty to- 
wards my Neighbor" as given in the Church Catechism 

A Two-fold Quest 

First, it is a quest God-ward, 
— a quest in the interest of 
religion. It has nine points. 
They are as follows:- 

1. A Galahad Boy puts first things first: 

duty tells him to believe in God as the 
very first step in duty. 

2. A Galahad Boy is steadfast: duty tells 

him that the fear of breaking with God 
should make him constant in all good 
things. 

3. A Galahad Boy is earnest: duty tells 

him to love God with all his might. 

4. A Galahad Boy is a Church goer: duty 

tells him to worship God. 

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5. A Galahad Boy is well mannered towards 

God: duty tells him to give God 

thanks. 

6. A Galahad Boy is well anchored in his 

religion: duty tells him to put his 

whole t rust in I rod, 

7. A Galahad l>o\ says his prayers: duty 

tells him to rail upon C Jod, 
S. A Galahad Boy is reverent: duty tells 
him to use no profane language, bu1 

to honor God's hol\ name and I lis 
word. 
c) . A Galahad Boy keeps to the upward 
path: duty tells him to serve God 
t ruly all t he days oi his life. 

Second, it is a quest Man- 
ward, a quest in the interest 
o] right living with boys and 
other people. It has twelve 
points. They are as follows: 

1. A Galahad Boy plays fair: duty tells 

him to treat the Other fellow as he 

would like the other fellow to treat 

him. 

2. A Galahad B03 is home-loving: dutj 

tells him not only to love hut to help 
his tat her and mot her, 
a. A Galahad Boy is law abiding: dnt\ 
tells him to obey the law of' the State 

and the law of personal authority as 
exercised h\ teachers and others. 



In i Galahad Qu est 

4. A Galahad Boy is teachable: duty tells 

him to listen to and follow what older 
and wiser people have to say. 

5. A Galahad Boy is courteous: duty tells 

him to be respectful and considerate 
to all alike. 

6. A Galahad Boy is kind: duty tells him 

to hurt nobody by word or deed, nor 
be unkind to any living thing, 

7. A Galahad Boy is trustworthy: duty tells 

him to be true and just in all his 

dealings. 
S. A Galahad Boy is forgiving: duty tells 

him to bear no malice nor hatred in 

his heart. 
9, A Galahad Boy is honest: duty tells him 

to keep his hands off what is not his. 

10. A Galahad Boy is truthful: duty tells 

him that lying and other bad uses of 
the tongue are forbidden. 

11. A Galahad Boy is clean: duty tells him 

not onh to keep his own body without 
stain but to see that he is in no sense 
responsible for the stain oi another. 

12. A Galahad Boy is self-reliant: duty tells 

him not to depend upon others but to 
depend upon himself. 



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CHAPTER VI 

FORMS OF SERVICE FOR SPECIAL 
OCCASIONS 



Section 1. Suggestions for a Service of Preparation for 
a Corporate Communion of Older Boys. 

Section 2. A Boy's Own Preparation for the Holy Com- 
munion. 

Section 3. An Order for a Fathers and Sons' Service. 

Section 4. Suggestions for a Boys' Service on Mothers' 
Day. 

Section 5. An Order for a Memorial Service. 

Section 6. An Order of Service for Any Occasion. 



CHAPTER VI 
Forms of Service for Special Occasions 

Section 1. Suggestions for a Service of Preparation for 
a Corporate Communion of Older Boys 

It is required of those who come to the Holy 
Communion that they shall: examine themselves, 
with repentance of former sins and with the inten- 
tion to live a new life, have faith in God, have a 
thankful remembrance of Christ's death, and be in 
charity with all men. These requirements are laid 
down in the Church-Catechism and mean in simple 
words that there must be self-examination, — look- 
ing within with (1) repentance, — sorrow for past 
wrongs; (2) resolution, — determination to do better; 
(3) belief, — feeling sure about God; (4) thanksgiving, 
— telling God of one's gratitude for what he has 
done; (5) charity, — on good terms with the other 
fellow. 

Let the minister bid the congregation pray 
silently that each of the above requirements may 
be fulfilled. 

Let the minister then give a brief instruction upon 
each of these heads, following each instruction with 
opportunity for silent prayer: 

1. Repentance. — Let the minister instruct the boys 
to go over in their minds, as they kneel, what 
they have done that is wrong, (a) in thought; 
(b) in word; (c) in deed; and to help them in 
being specific the minister might read slowly 
the two great Duties of the Catechism.* 

The minister will ask the boys to repeat with 
him the General Confession as found in the 
Prayer Book, after which he will pronounce the 
Declaration of Absolution. 

*See Prayer Book. 

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2. Resolution. — The minister will remind the boys 

that in baptism they or their sponsors did 
promise and vow that they would renounce: 

1 — the devil and all his works, 

2 — the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, 

3 — all the sinful lusts of the flesh. 

In other words, he will point out that when 
baptised each person resolved: (1) to give up 
and keep away from every evil thing; (2) to 
scorn all acts that defile one's own or another's 
body; (3) to take life seriously and live it nobly. 

3. Belief. — The minister will then suggest that in 

the first of the two great Duties, the first state- 
ment is "My duty to God is to believe in Him." 
Then he will add, "True, that is one's first duty, 
for with confidence in God one will strive to 
keep away from everything that God does not 
want one to do and be. And if a boy draws 
close to Him, He will draw close to the boy. 
Out of this a friendship will come that a boy 
cannot get on without. 

"Belief in God is found in the Apostles' 
Creed. Let us repeat that Creed together, all 
standing." 

4. Thanksgiving. — The minister will bid the congrega- 

tion repeat together the prayer of General 
Thanksgiving in the Prayer Book. 

5. Charity. — The minister here will make it clear 

that charity means being on good terms with 
everybody, not merely forgiving but forgetting, 
and that one must treasure up no hard feelings 
against another, no matter how great the reason 
for so doing seems to be. 

Prayer of Humble Access. — Minister: "Let us all join 
in saying the Prayer of Humble Access found 
in the Communion service in the Prayer Book. 

Hymn.— "Just as I am, without one plea." 
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After this service of self-examination, repentance, 
resolution, belief expressed, thanksgiving offered, 
charity declared, let the boys go to Him gladly and 
trustfully, to receive His forgiveness and His promise 
of guidance and help which He gives to all who 
come to him. 

Closing Prayer. 

Blessing. 



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Section 2. A Boy's Own Preparation for the Holy 

Communion 

His Quest of the Holy Grail 

To be used as a whole or in four parts, as follows: 
Parts I, II and III Friday evening before going to bed. 
Parts IV, V and VI Saturday evening. 
Part VII Sunday morning before receiving. 
Parts VIII and IX after receiving. 

Part I 

Setting the Goal 

The great quest of Sir Galahad was the search he 
made for the Holy Grail, the Cup it is said, out of 
which our Lord drank at the Last Supper. No one 
could find or see that Cup unless qualified by a fine, 
pure life. In that spirit, take up your quest for the 
blessing which the Holy Communion brings. 

Your first duty to yourself and to God, when preparing 
for the Holy Communion, is to take a look into your 
own life to see what is there of which you ought to be 
ashamed and of which your father and mother would 
be ashamed if they knew. Be honest and thorough 
and look your shortcomings squarely in the face. 
Think about their possible consequences to you and to 
your Church. Then pray: 

A PRAYER OF SELF-EXAMINATION 

Dear Father, I want to prepare myself, 
soul and body, for the blessing that comes to 
those who come to Thee in the Sacrament of 
the Altar. Looking in upon my life, I find 
faults and failings. Looking out to the life 
of the Master, I find light and leadership. 
Help me to turn away from every evil thing 
I see within and to turn toward the life and 
love of God in my Master, that in some 

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measure His uprightness may be mine, now 
and evermore, through the same, Thy Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Part II 
Clearing the Way 

After looking within your own life, look up to the 
life of God and tell Him frankly how you feel about the 
wrong you have done, and to do this say slowly with all 
the meaning that you can put into the words, the 
following: 

PRAYER OF CONFESSION 

Almighty and most merciful Father, I 
know I have made mistakes: more than that, 
I know I have been a slacker and a quitter. 
I have not always done the straight thing. 
I have left undone what I ought to have 
done. I have given up doing right when I 
ought to have kept on. I have been thought- 
less; I have been selfish. I have done wrong. 
Forgive me, I pray, and help me hereafter 
to live a clean, straight, upright life, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Part III 
Stating the Terms 

Having thus been frank with God by telling Him your 
faults, turn to Him again and say earnestly this: 

PRAYER OF RESOLVE 

Solemnly and earnestly I resolve to try 
once more to do my best and to be my best, 
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night and morning. 1 will read my Bible 
daily. I will stick, to the Church through 
thick and thin. I will be found in good com- 
pany only. I will keep my mind clean. I 
will keep my heart, pure. 1 will try again to 
do the straight thing, through Jesus Christ 
our I iOrd. Amen. 

Part IV 

Keeping Alongside 

(loci stretches out a helping hand to every boy zuho 
puts up a good fight. Take II is Hand and tell Him in 
the following prayer that you are with Tlim heart and 
soul: 

PRAYER OF CONFIDENCE 

Dear God, You are always near me, I 
know; I want to feel that I am near You. 
Make real my belief, deep my trust, strong 
my love, manly my religion. So shall I more 
surely know that You are not beyond my 
reach and that we are close to one another, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Part V 

Onward with Joy 

Every boy whose heart is right, whose mind is clear, 
and zuhose life is straight will first feel friendly with 
God and then thankful for all that his heavenly Father 
does for him. In this state of mind you will want to 
say right here: 

PRAYER OF THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE 

Dear Father, when I remember that Jesus 
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quitter was His own, I am deeply thankful 
that He died upon the Cross to tell me so. 
I want to be the kind of fellow that could 
look Him in the face and not be ashamed, 
because He helps me try to be what He 
wants me to be; for His sake. Amen. 

Part VI 

Overcoming the Odds 

But no boy can know God in the Sacrament of the 
Altar if he comes with a grudge in his heart. He must 
be on good terms with every one if he is to see the blessed 
vision of the Holy Grail. Hence say: 

A PRAYER OF FRIENDLINESS 

Father, I know that I ought to be on good 
terms with every one. I know that I should 
bear no ill will in my heart, but be kind and 
forgiving to all even as You are to me. 
Teach me therefore to treat others as Jesus 
treated them, that now and in the days to 
come I may both forgive and forget every 
wrong, even as I myself hope to have those 
whom I have wronged forgive me, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Part VII 
Fit to Go Forward 

And now, my Father, I come. I come to 
receive that wonderful life and love of God 
made food for man through Jesus Christ, 
our Lord. I am not worthy, I know, but I 
come: 

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Hymn: 1 Just as I am, without one plea, 

But that Thy blood was shed for me, 
And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee, 
Lamb of God, 1 come. 

2 Just as 1 am, and waiting not 

To rid my soul of one dark blot, 
To Thee, Whose blood can cleanse each spot, 
O Lamb of God, I come. 

3 Just as I am, though tossed about 

With main- a conflict, many a doubt, 
Fightings and fears within, without, 
Lamb of God, I come. 

4 Just as I am. poor, wretched, blind; 

Sight, riches, healing of the mind, 
Yea, all 1 need, in Thee to find, 
Lamb of God, 1 come. 

5 Just as 1 am: Thou wilt receive, 

Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve; 
Because Thy promise 1 believe, 
() Lamb of God, 1 come. 

6 Just as I am, Thy love unknown, 

Has broken every barrier down; 
Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, 
O Lamb of God, 1 come. 

Part VIII 
Carrying On 

After the service^ end your devotions with this. 

PRAYER OF RENEWAL 

O Lord, send me forth into the right way 
with Thy strength to persevere therein. 
Help me to win out in all temptation. Make 
me a conquering, knightly Christian, true to 
Thee, true to my better self, a credit to the 

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Church, to The Order of Sir Galahad, and a 
good example to all my chums, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Part IX 

Winning Out 

After reaching home, go to your room, kneel and 
recall what the service has meant and brought to you. 
Then go out to the duties and pleasures of your regular 
life, feeling that God has been with you and will continue 
to be if you will frequently kneel at the Altar to present 
yourself, sou] and body, a reasonable, holy, and living 
sacri/ice unto God, as a pledge of your earnest desire 
to do right and be right through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Note: This preparation is based on the answer to the last 
question in the Church-Catechism: What is required of those 
who come to the Lord's Supper? Answer: To examine them- 
selves, whether they repent them truly of their former sins, 
stedfastly purposing to lead a new life; have a lively faith in 
God's mercy through Christ, with a thankful remembranc 
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Section 3. An Order for a Fathers and Sons' Service 

Order of Procession: — Crucifer, choir, national flag, 
boys in the order of tlieir Degrees wearing regalia and 
carrying club flags and banners, followed by the fathers 
{habited in regalia if they have any), the clergy last. 
tmpressiveness is added if the procession marches 
around the church. 

Processional Hymn: "Rejoice, ye pure in heart." 
Versicles 

Our Father, etc. 

Psalm 103 

Hymn: "The Son of God goes forth to war" 

The First Lesson: Gen. xxvii 

Hymn.: "Fight the good tight" 

The Second Lesson: St. Luke ii: 41 to the end 

The Creed 

Prayers 

A PRAYER FOR OBEDIENCE 

Almightv God, who didst give such grace unto thy 
Holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed 
the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed 
him without delay; Grant unto us all, that we, being 
called by tin- Holy Word, may forthwith give up 
ourselves obediently to fulfil they holy command- 
ments; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

A PRAYER EOR UPRIGHTNESS 

Grant unto us. Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to 
think and do always such things as are right; that we, 
who cannot do anything that is good without thee, 
may h\ thee be enabled to live according to thy 
will through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



A P R A Y E R E OR ST E D F A S T NESS 

Lord, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to 
withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, 
and the devil; and with pure hearts and minds to 
follow thee, the only God; through Jesus Christ out- 
Lord. Amen. 

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A PRAYER FOR SONS 

God, Who ast given Thine only So::. Jesus 

Christ, to be the champion of justice and well-being 

every man, put it into the hearts of all other 

live for high. rthy ends. Even as the 

e to the uttermost for the good of all, 

so may the s - live in His spirit and give a 

clean, uncorrupted manhood to the needs of the Hour. 

We ask it for the Saviour's sake. A 

A PRAYER FOR FATHERS 

v : ... ur Heavenly Father, take Thy Father- 
d and show it unto all fathers, that from Thee 
they may learn to be merciful and patient, gentle 
and untiring in eve:; effort tc teach and lead their 
- in the way of right. Make them wise counselors, 
d companions and strong examples of line charac- 
ter, staunch patriotism, and Christian manh d, 
that the sn-coming generation, having inherited 
much, m 2 e much to the New Day, through 
Test.- CI rist our Lore'. Ame 

A PRAYER FOR FATHERS AND SONS 

Heavenly Father, bless, we pray, these fathers and 
s. Give to fathers a deep sense of responsi- 
bility to the:: b ys, and to boy- a c -.responding ser.se 
of duty to their fathers. Knit into their lives a loyalty 
sach other and to the home, that it may be .. 
happy place where life is bright with love and pe. cc 
through Testis Christ our Lord. Ame 

The Sermon or Address 

The Offering 

Hymn 

Closing Prayers 

a boy's prayer 

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thoughts. Help roe to stand for the hard right against 

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the easy wrong. Save me from habits that harm. 
Teach me to work as hard and to play as fair in Thy 
sight alone as if all the world saw. Forgive me 
when I am unkind and help me to forgive those who 
are unkind to me. Keep me ready to help others at 
some cost to myself. Send me chances to do a little 
good every day, and so grow more like Christ. Amen. 

The Benediction 

Recessional Hymn: "Go forward, Christian soldier" 

Note: Invite the fathers and boys to remain after the service 
for a fireside hour in the parish house or rectory. Serve light 
refreshments and make it possible for the fathers to get ac- 
quainted with each other and with the boys themselves. This 
will help to build up an "esprit de corps" among the fathers 
and sons and will tend to make more lasting whatever good the 
service achieves. 

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Section 4. Suggestions for a Boys' Service on Mothers' 
Day 

THE OBSERVANCE OF MOTHERS' DAY 

A Court of the Order may well observe Mothers' 
Day which falls on the second Sunday of May in 
each year. For this purpose a Mothers' Service 
should be arranged, the boys appearing in full regalia 
and each wearing in addition a carnation. 

Special seats should be reserved for the mothers 
and a thoroughgoing effort made to get them out. 
Some mothers may find it very difficult to come — a 
large family, home cares, long distance from the 
church, or other difficulties may stand in the way. 
Help a little in such cases by finding some one who 
will lend a hand and make it possible for mothers to 
leave home in the evening for the Service. 

THE SERVICE 

Use the special order of Service which follows; 
have special music and a special preacher — the best 
to be had. 

Processional Hymn: "Children of the Heavenly King" 
Sentences: I was glad when they said unto me we will 

go into the house of the Lord. 

Come ye and let us walk in the light of the 

Lord and he will teach us of his ways and we 

will walk in his paths. 
V. The Lord be with you 
R. And with thy spirit 
Let us pray 

Our Father, etc. 
Psalms 34, 45 

The First Lesson: Zechariah viii: 1-8 
Hymn: "0 mother dear, Jerusalem" 
The Second Lesson: St. Luke vii: 11-17 
Hymn: "Blest are the pure in heart" 
The Creed 

V . The Lord be with you 
R. And with thy spirit 
Let us pray 

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A PRAYER FOR PURIFICATION 

Almighty and ever living God, we humbly beseech 
thy Majesty, that as thy only begotten Son was pre- 
sented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so we 
may be presented unto thee with pure and clean 
hearts, by the same thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR COMPLETENESS OF LIFE 

We beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into 
our hearts; that, as we have known the incarnation 
of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel, 
so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto 
the glory of his resurrection; through the same 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR SONS 

O God, who hast given Thine only Son, Jesus 
Christ, to be the champion of justice and well-being, 
put it into the hearts of all other sons to live for high 
and worthy ends. Even as the Son of God gave to 
the uttermost for the good of all, so may mothers 
have the joy of seeing their sons live, in the spirit of 
Christ, a clean, uncorrupted manhood, an honor to 
their mothers and a support to the Church, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR MOTHERS 

God, who hast called woman to a high place 
of honor and power in Thy Kingdom, look with favor, 
we beseech Thee, upon the mothers of this land, 
especially upon those here assembled: help them 
nobly to fulfil the tasks laid upon them, strengthen 
them for the burdens they have to bear, and so 
order their lives that the home may be preserved as 
the fountain head of all that is best in the life of a 
people, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR MOTHERS AND SONS 

Heavenly Father, bless, we pray Thee, these 
mothers and their boys. Give to mothers the joy 

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that comes from seeing their boys do well, and to 
boys a lasting devotion to their mothers as their 
best and truest friends. In all the changes and 
chances of this mortal life may mothers find strength 
and support in their sons, and may sons see revealed 
in their mothers those graces of womanhood that 
shall compel respect and reverence for all other 
women, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Sermon 

The Offering 

Hymn: "There is a blessed home" 

Closing Prayers 

The Benediction 

Recessional Hymn: "On our way rejoicing" 

After this service conduct a social hour at the rectory 
or in the parish house. See to it that the boys prepare 
and serve refreshments. Let them show the mothers. 
every attention; the mothers should not be allowed to 
lift a finger: it is their Day and they richly merit every 
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Section 5. An Order for a Memorial Service 

Hymn: "The strife Is o'er, the battle done" 

Sentences: I am the resurrection and the life, saith the 
Lord: he thai believeth in me, though he 
were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever 
liveth and believeth in me, shall never die. 

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe 
in Clod, believe also in me. In my Father's 
house arc main mansions: ii it were not so, I 
would have told you. I go to prepare a 
place for you, that where I am there ye may 
be also. Let not your heart be troubled, 
neither let it be- afraid. 

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold on 
life eternal, whercunto thou art also called. 

Psalms 23, 121 

1 lymn (selected from the following): 

"Jesus lives, thy terrors now" 
"Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult" 
"1 heard a sound of voices" 
"l lark, hark, my soul" 
"0 Saviour, precious Saviour" 

The Lesson: Revelation vii: c ) to the end 

Hymn (selected from the foregoing) 

The Creed 

/ . The 1 .ord be with \ ou 

R, And with thy spirit 
Let us pray 

Sin i able pra\ ers 

Hymn (selected from the following): 

"Crown Him with many crowns" 

"For all Tin saint s, who from their labors rest" 

"Ten thousand times ten thousand" 

Suitable Prayers from the Burial Office, followed by 
this prayer: 

O God, the God of the spirits o{ all tlesh, 
in Whose embrace all creatures live in what- 
soever world or condition they be, we beseech 
Thee for him whose name and dwelling place 
and every need Thou knowest. Lord, vouch- 

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sate him light and rest and peace and refresh- 
ment, joy and consolation in Paradise in the 
companionship of saints, in the presence of 
Christ, in the ample folds of Thy great love 
forever and ever. Amen. 

Hymn {selected from the foregoing) 

The Address 

Closing Prayers 

The Blessing; The God of peace who brought again 
from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the 
great Shepherd of the sheep, through the 
blood of the everlasting covenant; Make you 
perfect in every good work, to do his will, 
working in you that which is well pleasing in 
his sight; through Jesus Christ, to whom be 
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Section 6. An Order of Service for Any Occasion 

Sentences: Send out thy light and thy truth that 

they may lead me and bring me unto thy 

holy hill and to thy dwelling. 

Thine, Lord, is the greatness, and the 

power, and the glory, and the victory, and the 

majesty: For all that is in the heaven and 

in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, 

O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 
V . The Lord be with you 
R. And with thy spirit 
Let us pray 

Our Father, etc. 
V . Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to 

the Holy Ghost 
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall 

be, world without end. Amen. 
Psalm 24 and Psalm 119, Part 2 
Hymn (selected from the following): 

"Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult" 

"Go forward, Christian soldier" 

"Stand up, stand up for Jesus" 
The Lesson (selected from the following): 

Eph. iv: 25-32; Eph. vi: 10-18; St. Matt. 

viii:24 — end 

The Creed 

Versicles 

Prayers (selected from the following): The Collects 
for St. Andrew's Day, the 9th Sunday after 
Trinity, the 18th Sunday after Trinity, the 
20th Sunday after Trinity, the Sunday next 
before Advent, or prayers for special occa- 
sions. 

a boy's prayer 

O God, give me clean hands, clean words and clean 
thoughts. Help me to stand for the hard right 
against the easy wrong. Save me from habits that 
harm. Teach me to work as hard and to play as 
fair in Thy sight alone as if all the world saw. For- 

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give me when I am unkind and help me to forgive 

those who are unkind to me. Keep me ready to 

help others at some cost to myself. Send me chances 

to do a little good every day, and so grow more 

like Christ. Amen. 

"The grace, etc." 

Hymn {selected from the following): 

"The Son of God goes forth to war" 

"My soul, be on thy guard" 
Address 
Closing Prayers 

THE LADS' PRAYER 

Our heavenly Father, make us, we pray Thee, 
such boys as Jesus was, always glad to help others 
and ready to serve our homes, our schools, our friends 
and our Church, for Jesus' sake. Amen. 

THE PAGES' PRAYER 

Blessed Lord, Who on earth didst perfectly obey, 
help us by Thy grace to render always, to all who 
have the right to command us, unswerving obedience 
without question or murmur. In Thine own name 
we ask it. Amen. 

THE ESQUIRES' PRAYER 

Help us, Father, to hate, as Thou dost hate, 
lying and dishonesty in every form. Make us to 
love, as Thou dost love, truth and fairness in all 
we do. We ask it for the Saviour's sake. Amen. 

THE KNIGHTS' PRAYER 

Sinless Son of Man, make us staunch in our 
stand for purity in thought, word and deed; that we 
may keep our bodies undefiled, and be ready always 
to protect and honor womankind. Thus shall we 
honor Thee, our Master, Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

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THE COUNSELORS PRAYER 

Help us. our Father, to serve Thee, the Church, 
and The Order of Sir Galahad with such constancy 
and devotion that we may promote the cause oi 
boyhood and so advance Thy Kingdom, for the 
Master's sake. Amen. 

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CHAPTER VII 
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Section 1. Prayers for Younger Boys. 

Section 2 Prayers for Older Boys. 

Section 3. The Prayers of the Five Degrees. 

Section 4. Prayers for The Order of Sir Galahad. 

Section 5. A Prayer for the Cause of Youth and 

Manhood. 

Section 6. Prayers for Parents and Their Bovs. 




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CHAPTER VII 

Prayers for Boys 

In these prayers an effort has been made to offer 
boys a natural and direct way to come into God's 
presence. God wants the boy as he is, and these 
prayers give the boy a chance to pray to God as he is. 

Such prayers ought to strike hard the note of a boy's 
sincerity in prayer and reality in religion, because 
they catch up the natural boy and take him straight 
to God on the wings of a kind of prayer that is framed 

according to his understanding and the modes of his 
speech. 

Section 1. Prayers for Younger Boys 

A GOOD MORNING PRAYER 

Dear God, another day has come and 1 am 
glad. Please be with me from the beginning 
to the end and help me in everything I have 
to do so that 1 may do and be my best. It 
is hard sometimes to do right, to think of 
others, and to do my work when 1 would 
rather have some fun, but You know a boy's 
heart and a boy's will, and You will forgive 
me, if, when I forget, I do not do exactly 
what 1 ought to do. Help me to do what 
You would want me to and so deserve some 
of the good things ^ oti are always giving 
me. Amen. 

A GOOD NIGHT PRAYER 

Dear Father, as one of Your boys, 1 am 

now going to bed, tired out with the work, 

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study and fun of the day. But before I go 
I wish to thank You in a boy's way for all 
that You have done for me today. You have 
given me lots of things and I appreciate and 
thank You for them all. One more favor I 
should like to ask: keep on doing good to my 
father, mother, brothers and sisters, and to 
all my friends. Don't let anything happen 
to them or to me while we are asleep. And 
when another day comes we will all try to be 
just as good as we can. My Father in 
Heaven, Good Night. 

Section 2. Prayers for Older Boys 

TO OVERCOME FAULTS AND FAILINGS* 

Dear Father, looking in upon my life, I 
find faults and failings. Looking out to the 
life of the Master I find light and leadership. 
Help me to turn away from every evil thing 
I see within and to turn toward the life and 
love of God in my Master that in some 
measure His uprightness may be 'mine, now 
and evermore, through the same, Thy Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

FOR A CLEAN, STRAIGHT LIFE 

Almighty and most merciful Father, I 
know I have made mistakes; more than that, 
I know I have been a slacker and a quitter. 
I have not always done the straight thing. 
I have left undone what I ought to have done. 
I have given up doing right when I ought to 

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have kept on. I have been .thoughtless; I 
have been selfish. I have done wrong. For- 
give me, I pray, and help me hereafter to live 
a clean, straight, upright life, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

TO DO AND BE MY BEST 

Solemnly and earnestly I resolve to try 
once more to do my best and to be my best, 
God being my helper. I will say my prayers 
night and morning. I will read my Bible 
daily. I will stick to the Church through 
thick and thin. I will be found in good com- 
pany only. I will keep my mind clean. I will 
keep my heart pure. I will try again to do 
the straight thing, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

FOR A MANLY RELIGION 

Dear God, You are always near me, I 
know. I want to feel that I am near You. 
Make real my belief, deep my trust, strong 
my love, manly my religion. So shall I 
more surely know that You are not beyond 
my reach and that we are close to one 
another, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

TO BE UNASHAMED 

Dear Father, when I remember that Jesus 
felt as if the shame of every slacker and 
quitter was His own, I am deeply thankful 
that He died upon the Cross to tell me so. 
I want to be the kind of fellow that could 
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because lie helps tne m to be what He wants 
me to be, for His sake, Amen, 

rO BE ON GOOD n'RMS WITH OTHER FELLOWS 

Father, I know thai I oughi to be on good 
terms with ever] one, I know thai I should 
bear no ill will in m\ heart, bul be kind and 
forgh ing to .ill even as \ ou arc to me, 
reach me therefore to treal others as Jesus 
treated them, thai now and in the days to 
come I nun both forgive and forgel even 
wrong, even as 1 myseli hope to have those 
whom 1 have wronged forgive me, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen, 

ro \\ i\ ox r i \ itmi' r \ now 

Lord, send me forth into the right \\a\ 
with lh\ strength to persevere therein. 
Help me to win oul in all temptation, Make 
me a conquering, knightly Christian, true to 
Thee, true to m\ better self, a eredit to the 
Church, to The Order ot Sir Galahad, and a 
good example to all m\ chums, through Jesus 
Christ our l iOrd, Amen. 



rO BE HEROIC 

Dear Father, when I think ot how You 
never forgel menorthose I love, I am thank- 
ink 1 am thankful too, when I think ot the 
heroism and unselfishness ot Jesus and His 
challenge to me; for then I want to be heroic 
and unselfish myself. As actions speak louder 
than words, so imn m\ thankfulness show 
itselt more in wluit 1 do than wluit I say, 
through Jesus Chrisl our Lord, Amen. 

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Lord, Jesus Christ, I give Thee my life. 
Take thai life and let it be consecrated to 
Thee. Take m\ will and make it Thine. 
Take m\ heart; it is Thine own; it shall he 
Thy royal throne. Take myself, and 1 will 
be ever, only, all for Thee. Amen. 

IN THE PEW A.FTER HOl.Y COMMUNION 

Grant, O Lord, that 1 may not be ashamed 
to confess the faith ot Christ crucified, and 
manfully to &ght under His banner against 
sin, the world and the devil, and to continue 
Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto my 
life's end. Amen. 

A PRAYER OX ENTERING v'lll Kin 

God, 1 am in Thy holy house, and Thou 
seest me. keep my thoughts from wander- 
ing, help me to worship Thee with heart and 
voice and to listen humbly to Thy holy word. 
Through fesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



FOR rut SPIRIT Of fair PLAY* 

God, I want to be an honest boy; to 
hurt nobody by word or deed; to be true and 
just in all my dealings; to bear no malice nor 

hatred in my heart; to keep my hands from 
picking and stealing and my tongue from evil 
speaking and untruth. Help me to respect 
what belongs to others. Make me to hate 
dishonest)' in little things. Teach me that a 
lie is a coward's truce. Give me the spirit of 

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fair play that I may not take credit when it 
is not mine. In all things keep me true to 
Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

TO PLAY THE GAME 

Jesus, My Master, I know You have called 
me to play the game. Please help me every 
day to play it well. I should hate to be a 
slacker or a quitter and I know You would 
hate to have me. Coach me and I shall be 
neither one. Your words will teach me to be 
fair and faithful, right and straight. These 
things I want to be for Your sake. Amen. 



God, as a Knight, I want to be like 
Jesus Christ. Arm me with the knightly 
armor of manly ways. Show me that a 
knight's battle is for the right. Help me to 
take a noble part in every worthy fight. 
Make every manly hope within my heart a 
knightly action in my life. In every word 
and act and thought make me like the spot- 
less Knight my Lord and Master, Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 



My heavenly Father, I am Thy son. Help 
me to honor my father and mother as I 
honor Thee. Teach me my duty to my home 
that it may be a happier home because I am 
there. Let me not act in any way to give 

*Adapted by permission from "Prayers for Little Men and Little Women," 
published by John Martin's Book House, Inc. 

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pain to those who love me. May my life 
bring them joy and honor, never sorrow or 
shame. In place of secrecy, give me an honest, 
open heart. Make me thankful for all they 
have done for me. So in honoring them may 
I honor Thee and learn to be like Jesus Christ, 
a true gentleman and son. Amen. 

FOR THE RIGHT USE OF SUNDAY 5 " 

Again, God, it is Thy Day. In Thy 
sacred House this sacred day speak to me of 
sacred things, of Home, of Truth, and Jesus 
Christ. As I begin this day in prayer help 
me to live all day long for Thee. In my work 
and in my play let me not forget that it is 
still Thy day. So may I learn to live for 
Thee each day. Through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

FOR KINDNESS 

Grant, Lord, that in all the joys of life 
we may never forget to be kind. Help us to 
be unselfish in friendship, thoughtful of those 
less happy than ourselves, and eager to bear 
the burdens of others; through Jesus Christ 
our Saviour. Amen. 

{As used at St. Paul's School, Concord) 

a boy's prayer 

God, give me clean hands, clean wx>rds 
and clean thoughts. Help me to stand for the 
hard right against the easy wrong. Save me 
from habits that harm. Teach me to work 



*Adapted by permission from "Prayers for Little Men and Little Women," 
published by John Martin's Book House, Inc. 

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as hard and to play as fair in Thy sight alone 
as if all the world saw. Forgive me when I 
am unkind and help me to forgive those who 
are unkind to me. Keep me ready to help 
others at some cost to myself. Send me 
chances to do a little good every day, and so 
grow more like Christ. Amen. 

-{W. de W. Hyde.) 

FOR THE UNITED STATES 

Almighty God; we make our earnest prayer 
that Thou wilt keep the United States in 
Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline 
the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit 
of subordination and obedience to the govern- 
ment; and entertain a brotherly affection 
and love for one another and for their fellow 
citizens of the United States at large. And 
finally that Thou wilt most graciously be 
pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love 
mercy and to demean ourselves with that 
charity, humility and pacific temper of mind 
which were the characteristics of the Divine 
Author of our blessed religion, and without a 
humble imitation of Whose example in these 
things we can never hope to be a happy nation. 
Grant our supplication, we beseech Thee, 
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 

— (George Washington.) 

Section 3. The Prayers of the Five Degrees 

For Helpfulness 

THE LADS' PRAYER 

Our heavenly Father, make us, we pray Thee, such 
boys as Jesus was, always glad to help others and 

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ready to serve our homes, our schools, our friends 
and our Church, for Jesus' sake. Amen. 

For Obedience 

THE PAGES' PRAYER 

Blessed Lord, Who on earth didst perfectly obey, 
help us by Thy grace to render always, to all who 
have the right to command us, unswerving obedience 
without question or murmur. In Thine own name 
we ask it. Amen. 

For Truth 

THE ESQUIRES' PRAYER 

Help us, Father, to hate, as Thou dost hate, lying 
and dishonesty in every form. Make us to love, 
as Thou dost love, truth and fairness in all we do. 
We ask it for the Saviour's sake. Amen. 

For Chivalry 

THE KNIGHTS' PRAYER 

sinless Son of Man, make us staunch in our 
stand for purity in thought, word and deed; that we 
may keep our bodies undefiled, and be ready always 
to protect and honor womankind. Thus shall we 
honor Thee, our Master, Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

For Service 

THE PRAYER OF THE COUNSELORS OF THE LINE 

Help us, our Father, to serve Thee, the Church, 
and The Order of Sir Galahad with such constancy 
and devotion that we may promote the cause of boy- 
hood and so advance Thy Kingdom, for the Master's 
sake. Amen. 

Section 4. Prayers for The Order of Sir Galahad 

THE GALAHAD PRAYER 

Almighty God, Who hast called us to be disciples 
of Helpfulness, Obedience, Truth, Chivalry and 

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Service, clothe us with right, arm us with might, 
that we may be faithful to Thee in this world and 
finally, with the true and good of all ages, win ever- 
lasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

FOR THE ORDER OF SIR GALAHAD EVERYWHERE 

Almighty God, who didst raise up knights of old 
gladly to serve and bravely to strive for right and 
truth, make, we pray Thee, all members of The 
Order of Sir Galahad constant in Helpfulness, Obedi- 
ence, Truth, Chivalry and Service, that they may 
be strong to do Thy will and evermore honor Thee 
as knights of the present day, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

Section 5. A Prayer for the Cause of Youth and Man- 
hood 

THE ASSOCIATE COUNSELORS' PRAYER 

Master of life, ever make our fellowship the 
revelation of Thy presence, that out of the experience 
of our years, as elder brothers we may further the 
cause of youth and manhood through Thy Church, 
that we all may be bound together according to our 
several abilities to advance Thy Kingdom, for Thy 
Name's sake. Amen. 

Section 6. Prayers for Parents and Their Boys 

A PRAYER FOR FATHERS AND SONS 

Heavenly Father, bless, we pray, all fathers 
and their boys. Give to fathers a deep sense of 
responsibility to their boys, and to boys a correspond- 
ing sense of duty to their fathers. Knit into their 
lives a loyalty to each other and to the home, that 
it may be a happy place where life is bright with 
love and peace, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR FATHERS 

God, our Heavenly Father, take Thy Father- 
hood and show it unto all fathers, that from Thee 

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they ma}' learn to be merciful and patient, gentle 
and untiring in every effort to teach and lead their 
boys in the way of right. Make them wise coun- 
selors, good companions and strong examples of fine 
character, staunch patriotism, and Christian man- 
hood, that the on-coming generation, having in- 
herited much, may give much to the New Day, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR SONS 

O God, Who hast given Thine only Son, Jesus 
Christ, to be the champion of justice and well-being 
for every man, put it into the hearts of all other 
sons to live for high and worthy ends. Even as the 
Son of God gave to the uttermost for the good of all, 
so may the sons of today live in His spirit and give 
a clean, uncorrupted manhood to the needs of the 
Hour. We ask it for the Saviour's sake. Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR MOTHERS AND SONS 

Heavenly Father, bless, we pray Thee, all 
mothers and their boys. Give to mothers the joy 
that comes from seeing their boys do well, and to 
boys a lasting devotion to their mothers as their best 
and truest friends. In all the changes and chances 
of this mortal life may mothers find strength and 
support in their sons, and may sons see revealed in 
their mothers those graces of womanhood that shall 
compel respect and reverence for all other women, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR MOTHERS 

O God, who hast called woman to a high place of 
honor and power in Thy Kingdom, look with favor, 
we beseech Thee, upon the mothers of this land; 
help them nobly to fulfil the tasks laid upon them, 
strengthen them for the burdens they have to bear, 
and so order their lives that the home may be pre- 
served as the fountain head of all that is best in the 
life of a people, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

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A PRAYER FOR SONS 

God, who hast given Thine only Son, Jesus 
Christ, to be the champion of justice and well-being, 
put it into the hearts of all other sons to live for 
high and worthy ends. Even as the Son of God gave 
to the uttermost for the good of all, so may mothers 
have the joy of seeing their sons live, in the spirit of 
Christ, a clean, uncorrupted manhood, an honor to 
their mothers and a support to the Church, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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CHAPTER VIII 
THE CORONATION OF THE KING 

and 

The Installation of the King's Cabinet 

Section 1. The Ritual of the Coronation. 
Section 2. The Ritual for the Installation of the King's 
Cabinet. 




THE GALAHAD ROOM 
St. Stephen's Parish House, Lynn. Massachusetts 



CHAPTER VIII 

The Coronation of the King and the Installation 
of the King's Cabinet 

Section 1. The Ritual of the Coronation 



A PAGEANT 

The crowning of the King, the highest officer in a 
Court of The Order of Sir Galahad, may quite fitly 
take place in the church, Sunday afternoon or even- 
ing at a special service. It is not, however, to be 
regarded as a service but as a pageant which repro- 
duces with modifications the formal crowning of a 
king according to historic custom. 

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preliminaries 

To make it successful, steps must be taken well 
in advance of the date set for the event, — at least a 
month. Parts should be assigned to be learned and 
rehearsed; material and properties should be listed, 
and the process of assembling these should be gotten 
under way. Costumes should be made ready and 
all necessary regalia and equipment provided.* 

A GET-TOGETHER 

Invitations, with cards enclosed for reply, should 
go out to near-by Courts at least two weeks before 
the Coronation, in the hope of bringing to that 
event as many boys and men as are available. When 
the invitations are sent it should be stated that 
visiting Courts should bring regalia, banners, flags, 
equipment; because the Coronation should be made 
just as splendid as uniforms, regalia, and equipment 
can make it. The Coronation is an attractive feature 
of club life and presents a strong appeal. It is not 
uncommon on the occasion of a Coronation nearly 
to fill the church with men and boys. 

Answers to the invitations will give an idea of how 
many are coming, and what preparations it will be 
necessary to make in order to accommodate them in 
the church and to give them refreshments after the 
service. 

A MASTER OF CEREMONIES 

To insure a happy co-ordination of all parts of the 
Coronation, a Master of Ceremonies should be 
appointed to look after all the details connected with 
the successful carrying out of the Pageant. lie will 
naturally appoint his aides and they will be assigned 
to different duties. Every need should be anticipated 
and every consideration given that will tend to make 
the Coronation a smoothly moving and deeply im- 
pressive spectacle. 

*See Chaptej XXII. 
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There are six parts to the Service, listed as follows: 

1. The Procession 

II. The Proclamation 

111. The Preliminary Service 

1\ . The Service o{ Coronation 

V. The Ritual of the Full Conclave 

\ 1 . The Closing Service 

1 . The Procession 

The Courts will form in line in the parish house, 
or in some other convenient plaee, the Choir in the 
lead with the Cross Rearer going before. Behind the 
Choir will come the bearer of the American flag, 
then the bearer o\ the Galahad flag, and then the 
\ isiting Courts placed in the procession in order of t heir 
seniority as charter-holding units, followed by the 
local Court: Lads, Pages, Esquires, Knights, Coun- 
selors, and last of all, the King. The visiting Courts 
will have their banners and such appropriate insignia 
as the) may have adopted for use. The clergy who 
are to conduct the service will follow the Choir. 

The Choir will take their places at once in the stalls 
but the Courts, led by the bearer of the Galahad flag, 
will proceed around the church singing the Processional 
Hymn. This hymn as well as the program for the en- 
tire occasion should be printed and in the hands of all. 

II. The Proclamation 
When all the visiting Courts are assembled in the 
church and the Processional Hymn has ceased, the 
King's Herald, garbed as pictured in Chapter XXII, 
enters from the rear of the church and proceeds 
down the center aisle to the foot of the chancel steps 
whence he makes the following proclamation: 
Herald: Sir Counselors, Knights, Ksquires, Pages and 
I. ads. Sir * the undisputed Lord 

( k ing-elect's >;<i »:< ) 

and sovereign of Court of The 

Order of Sir Galahad draws nigh; ye shall take 
due notice and govern yourselves accordingly. 
{II hereupon the Herald shall return as he came.) 

*In this service onlj the of the King shall In- used. 

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Then shall follow a hymn, "Soldiers of Christ, 
arise." During the singing oi this hymn, the Arch- 
bishop! and retinue shall enter in this order: 

The Herald, followed at six paces by two Coun- 
selors habited as monks with lighted tapers; at three 
paces, two Esquires, bearing the king's cape and 
sceptre; directh followed by two Pages (or Esquires) 

bearing the crown and Kxcalibur; two Knights; the 
Director or Rector vested as Archbishop, or other- 
wise suitably robed as desired; and followed by two 

Acolytes-i 

Alter a decided interval (or one verse of the hymn), 

the King-elect and his Court shall enter, likewise 
from the rear ol the Church in order: 

First, the Chief Adviser; then the King; next two 
Pages; then two Esquires; lastly two Knights. 

The Archbishop, escorted by two Counselors, shall 
proceed to the fool kA the sanctuary stops, while the 
King-elect without cape, sceptre, sword or crown, 
shall take his seat in the vacant chair in the nave ot 
the church, facing the altar, his Pages on each side 
and the attending Ksquircs and Knights standing 
behind. 

Then shall follow a shortened form o{ Evening 
Prayer, led by the clergy . 

111. The Shortened Form ot Evening Prayer 
Hymn: "Rejoice, ye pure in heart" 

( )penillg sentences 
Psalm 24 or 84 

The Lesson: Eph. vi: 10 17 

A u no Dimittis 

The Creed and Pra\ ers 

Hymn: "C~!od oi our Fathers, whose almighty hand" 

IV. The Service of Coronation 

Then tho Archbishop shall proceed with the Corona- 
tion service. 

i\\ here desired It is suggested that the Rectoi ol the parish, habited in other 
Hi. m Archbishop's robes, maj take the place of the Archbishop, 
' Foi Musi i ation ol costumes, see chaptei \ \ 1 1 



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of the King's Cabin i r 

PRESENTATION OV THE KING-ELECT 

Archbishop: Sir Counselors, Knights, Esquires, Pages 
and Lads of The Order of Sir Galahad, we are 

gathered in high and solemn conclave, to 
make acknowledgment oi loyalty to our King, 
and to place upon his head the royal crown. 
Chief Adviser: Reverend Father, 1 present unto you 

this Knight, Sir , who hath been 

duly eleeted, by the Degree of Knights, to be 

crowned b\ you as King of C\hi it 

oi The Order oi Sir Galahad. 

ADMONITION 

Archbishop: Know, then, that none nun- be King in 
The Order of Sir Galahad save such Knight as 
the Knights have chosen, whom they have 
found tit test to command because he can him- 
self obey; whose love of truth none dare im- 
peach, who in chivalry hath shown himself a 
worthy knight, pure of mind and speech, 
courteous to womankind, valiant to all in peril 
or distress, wise of counsel, and devoted to the 
example o( Sir Galahad, and who in loyalty to 
the Church hath proven himself a worthy 
leader and example to the youth of the parish. 

Chief Adviser: lie hath been so proven. 

Archbishop: Let the testimonials be read. 

READING Of TESTIMONIALS 

(1) Of initation, read and attested by a Coun- 

selor of the Tribunal. 

(2) Of election, read and attested by the 

Knight of the Records. 

(3) As to standing in the Church, read and 

attested by a Senior Counselor. 

Archbishop: Sir Counselors, do ye acknowledge Sir 

here seated to be the exalted one 

unto whom ye will give glad and lawful homage 
as your King: 

Counselors: We do acknowledge him. 

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Archbishop: Sir Knights, do ye acknowledge Sir 

here seated, to be the exalted one 

whom ye lawfully chose to be your King? 

Knights: We do acknowledge him. 

Archbishop: Esquires, do ye acknowledge Sir 

here seated, to be the exalted one who has 
lawfully been chosen to be your King? 

Esquires: We do acknowledge him. 

Archbishop: Pages and Lads, ye have heard the testi- 
mony of your Counselors, these worthy Knights 

and trusty Esquires, that Sir here 

seated is your lawfully chosen King. Do ye 
bear witness to their testimony? 

Pages and Lads: We do bear witness. 

DECLARATION OF FEALTY 

Archbishop: Sir Counselors, do ye promise true 
allegiance to your chosen King? Will ye 
counsel and advise him, help, aid and assist 
him in so far as ye are able? 

Counselors: We do promise our allegiance. 

Archbishop: Sir Knights, do ye promise true alle- 
giance to your chosen King? Will ye stand in 
knightly manner by his side in defence of the 
ideals of this Order? Will ye give him courage 
and support so long as he shall be vour 
King? 

Knights: We do promise our allegiance. 

Archbishop: Esquires, do ye promise true allegiance 
to your chosen King? Will ye support him in 
truth and loyalty and be quick to serve him 
whenever he hath your need? 

Esquires: We do promise our allegiance. 

Archbishop: Pages and Lads, do ye promise true 
allegiance to your chosen King? Will ye 
faithfully obey his royal word in all that he 
doth command you? 

Pages and Lads: We do promise our allegiance. 

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THE OATH 

Then shall the Archbishop bid the King-elect kneel. 

All others stand. The Archbishop then shall administer 

the oath as follows: 

Archbishop: Your Majesty, it becometh a King of this 
Order that he execute his office faithfully, 
wisely and well; that he be true to the Church 
and to the constitution and ideals of The Order 
of Sir Galahad as fostered by the Church; that 
he be constantly mindful in all his conduct 
what example he doth set his subjects. 

Wilt thou, therefore, endeavor to serve 

Court of The Order of Sir Galahad 

as its King in the way that Sir Galahad would 
serve it? 

King-elect: I will so endeavor. 

THE RITE OF INVESTING 

Then shall the Archbishop place upon the King, still 

kneeling, the robes of his office, saying: 

Archbishop: Be thou vested with the royal mantle of 
the King of this Court of The Order of Sir 
Galahad. May thy life be clothed with in- 
tegrity and strength. 
Then placing the sceptre in the King's left hand, the 

Archbishop shall say: 

Archbishop: Receive the sceptre of thy power and 
rule thy subjects, in love and justice, wisely 
and well. 
Placing a sword in the King's right hand, 'he shall 

say: 

Archbishop: Take thou Excalibur, and wield it in de- 
fence of helpfulness, obedience, truth, chivalry 
and service. 

THE ACT OF CORONATION 

Then while the closing verse of the Galahad Song is 
being sung, shall the Archbishop assist the King to his 
feet and conduct him to the throne, which shall be placed 
at the top of the chancel steps, facing the congrega- 
tion. 

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When the King has taken his seat upon the throne, 
the Archbishop, receiving the crown from the bearer 
standing by, shall place it upon the King's head, saying: 
Archbishop: Upon they head 1 place the crown of 

Court of The Order of Sir Galahad. 

Receive the allegiance of the members of this 
Court and serve them faithfully as their King 
according to thy promise. 
Te Deum shall then be sung by the Choir, all facing 
east. 

V. The Ritual of the Full Conclave 
Then shall follow the Ritual for a meeting in Full 
Conclave,* the King leading from the chancel steps. 
After the Conclave has been opened, shall the service 
proceed as follows: 

Hymn: "Jesus calls us, o'er the tumult" 
The Sermon 
Offertory Hymn: "Rise crowned with light" 

VI. Closing Service Led by the Clergy 
The Pledge to the Cross: I pledge allegiance to the 
Cross and to the Church for which it stands, 
for I am not ashamed to confess the faith of 
Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under 
His banner, against sin, the world and the 
devil; and to continue Christ's faithful soldier 
and servant unto my life's end. Amen. 
Hymn: "Stand up, stand up for Jesus," one stanza 
The Pledge to the Flag 
"The Star Spangled Banner," one stanza 
Presentation of Alms, singing of "Holy offerings, rich 

and rare," one stanza 
Closing prayers 
The Benediction 
Recessional Hymn: "Forward! Be our watchword" 

The order of the procession going out shall be: 
The Choir and Clergy; the King and his Court in 
the following order — Lads, Pages, Esquires, Knights, 
Counselors, Archbishop and retinue, King. 

*See CHaptei XII, Section 6. 
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Section 2. The Ritual for the Installation of the 
King's Cabinet 

The Counselors, Knights, Esquires, Pages being in 
Full Conclavr assembled, the King sitting on his throne 

shall bid the Director present the special interest of the 
evening. 

First addressing his Majesty for permission, the 
Director shall proceed as follows: 

Director: Sir Counselors and : 

Sir Knights, and ; Es- 
quires, and ; Pages. 

and , will stand before 

the throne. 
Director: Your Majesty, 1 present unto you these 
persons who have been duly elected and quali- 
fied by their several Degrees, to receive your 
royal sanction to be members of the King's 
Cabinet of The Order of Sir Galahad. 
king: Hear ye what your duties are: 

Ye shall act in an advisory capacity to the 
King. 

Ye shall be the Board of Governors of this 
Court and act as Court of Appeal for all 
its loyal subjects. 

Ye shall help the Director to formulate and 
cany out the Policy and Program of this 
Court. 

Ye shall determine all matters pertaining to 
the relations of the individual members of this 
Order with the Church, the Church School, the 
Church School Service League, the Choir, and 
other Church societies, and your decision shall 
be final in each case, subject to the approval oi 
the Rector and Director. 
Candidates: We understand our duties so. 
King: W ill ye therefore, readily and willingly, per- 
form these duties: 
Candidates: We will so do. 

king: Y\ ill ye as staunch upholders oi the ideals oi 
Sir Galahad endeavor so to mould your lives 

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that they may be fit examples for the members 
of the Order to follow? 

Candidates: We will so do. 

King: Will ye do all in your power to further the 
interests of The Order of Sir Galahad, and 
endeavor to bring its members ever more truly 
into a lasting fellowship in the Church? 

Candidates: We will so do, God being our helper. 

King: Do ye pledge yourselves to secrecy in all 
matters transacted in your councils, disclos- 
ing your proceedings to none save on lawful 
agreement, and upon demand of the Rector? 

Candidates: We do. 

King: Counselors, Knights, Esquires and Pages of 
The Order of Sir Galahad, these persons here 
standing before the throne have been duly 
elected by you as representatives of your re- 
spective Degrees in the King's Cabinet. 

Do ye promise to support them? Will ye 
abide by the decisions made in pursuance of 
their duties as a Court of Appeal? Will ye 
give them your confidence and trust in all 
matters which may concern you or your 
standing as members of the Church, the Church 
School, the Church School Service League, 
Choir and The Order of Sir Galahad ? Will ye 
aid them to the best of your ability in carrying 
out such policies for the good of this Court? 

All: We will so do. 

King: Henceforth for the duration of the appointed 
time ye are the officially constituted King's 

Cabinet of . . . Court of The Order of 

Sir Galahad. 

Upon you rests the responsibility for a happy, 
useful and effective year in the life of this 
Court. May your administration be an honor 
to you and to this Order. 



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CHAPTER IX 
FIRST STEPS IN INITIATION 

Section 1. Preliminary Information. 

Section 2. The Tribunal. 

Section 3. The Vigil. 

Section 4. The Formal Initiation. 




WAITING TO BE TESTED 

From Bald-win's "Story of the King." Copyright, by Permission of the American 
Book Company, Publishers 



CHAPTER IX 
First Steps in Initiation 

Section 1. Preliminary Information 

At the beginning of each year, new members are 
admitted and old members, who are qualified, are 
advanced by Initiation to higher Degrees. There are 
six services of Initiation — one for Lads, one for Pages, 
one for Esquires, one for Knights, one for Counselors 
of the Line and one for Associate Counselors. They 
are set forth in order in succeeding pages.* Of these 
Initiations that for Lads is conducted by the Director 
or a Counselor; those for Pages, Esquires, Knights 
and Counselors of the Line are conducted by the 
King and his Degree Team. The Initiation of Asso- 
ciate Counselors, however, takes the form of an 
admission service in the Church, conducted by the 
Rector, with the idea in mind of making that Degree 
the men's club of the Parish. Thus the man and the 
boy life of the Parish are brought under one inclusive 
organization. 

The Initiations are in three parts: First, the Pre- 
liminary, conducted by the Tribunal; Second, the 
Preparatory, which is the Vigil, conducted by the 
Rector or Director; Third, the Formal, conducted by 
the King and the Degree Team. 

Section 2. The Tribunal 

Before Initiations actually take place, it is well to 
have the candidates pass through a preliminary stage 
called the Tribunal, which aims to produce a recep- 
tive state of mind and to prepare the candidate for 
the more serious phases of an Initiation, without 
actually encouraging or even suggesting horseplay. 

*Cha P ter XI. 

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li is strongl) recommended that all horseplay be 
discouraged it not prohibited. II, however, there is a 
demand for it that cannot be satisfied in any other 
way in the early stages ol the Court's life, it is best 
to minimize it and work it in here in connection with 
the Tribunal. 

The Tribunal is composed ol the Director, as 
Chairman, and two members of each o\ the Degrees 
ol Pages, Esquires, [Cnights and Counselors, Its 
function is to have charge oj all preliminaries to the 

formal Initiation ol Lads, Pages, Ksquircs, Knights 
and Counselors ol the lane. These preliminaries 
should be carefully planned and ordered with a 
definite purpose in mind, which may be expressed 
in t hree stages : 

[\) Test of Character to include the play 
features. "Stunts" should be carefully planned 
with an aim to bring out certain points in the candi- 
date's character, such as courage, truth, loyalty, 
perseverance, sportsmanship. 

{!) Tkstok Kno\vi.kih;k planned to ascertain the 
candidate's knowledge ol the Vow, Prayer, and 
Motto ol" the Degree to be taken, the Galahad Song, 
and such other information as is thought necessarx 
for that Degree, such as for bads (1) describe the 
Lads' pin and explain its meaning, (2) describe the 
Galahad Flag, (3) name the Club Colors and tell 
what the) stand for. Pages (1) Learn Part 1 of the 
Galahad Quest.* (2) Learn and demonstrate to a 
small group ol Lads a game that is not well known. f 
(3) Leam the meaning of the Coat o\ Arms.:': (4) 
Explain the meaning ol the Pin. For Esquires {\) 

Learn, if not alread\ known, the meaning o{ the 
Coal of Arms, [2) Learn Part 11 oi the Galahad 
Quest. (3) Demonstrate how to interest a group oi 
boys in The Order ol Sir Galahad, assuming that 

they arc strangers to the plan and that you have 
come as an expert intending to arouse their interest. 

: s,,' page 89 

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j:See page xv 

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First Sti ps in Initi vtion 

4 Explain the meaning Esquires' Pin. For 

Knights— (1) 1. cam the meaning of the Coat of 
Arms, if not already known. 2 1 earn Parts 1 and 
11 of the Galahad Quest, if nor already known. If 

known, recite them. (3) Tell the story of the prepa- 
ration for knighthood under chivalry, v^ State 
explain the steps in the process of preparation I 
Knighthood in The Order of Sir Galahad. (5 Res : 
and give a synopsis of "A boy's own preparation for 
the Holy Communion."" 6 Make an address 
not more than five minutes to a group of prospective 
Knights or Esquires on the subject of Chivali 

Present a paper of not more than five hundred 
words, written by yourself, on "Patriotism" 
"Citizenship."! S Explain the meaning of the 
knights' Pin, 

3 Test ok Consecration — planr.ee. to :esr a 
candidate's seriousness of purpose, through a private 
interview with the Rector or Director. 

The following table indicates which of these tests 
to be conducted by the different members of the 
Tribunal: 

BEFORE THE INITIATION [ . 

. .'..;;> Esquires x , 



C 



Esquires *n< Knights an< 

Esquires x _- > C selors 



Louns« 



^ 



Tesi te< x. , x. . 

)irect< N . . : Dr. . 



Haste should b< d : all times. I: is, there- 

. recommended that these preliminaries cover an 
eight-da3 period, with a :es: of character and knowl- 
edge on the first night. If these tests are satisfac- 
torily me:. .. certificate to that effect -v...-. be pre- 
sentee the candidate to the Rector or Direc 
which will set forth the candidate's readiness for the 

Sec ( 

See ( e S< ibook - [ . 

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Test of Consecration, interviews for which may be 
held during the week following. Then a testimonial 
to the candidate's worthiness to participate in the 
Vigil may be presented to the King by the Rector 
before that service takes place. 

THE CANDIDATES 

It should be remembered that the age limits are 
the minimum requirements for admission to a Degree, 
whether for new or old members of the Court. In 
each Court a Point System should be established 
and members expected to make a certain number of 
points each year.* 

A prospective member coming into the Parish from 
outside or one from the same Parish who has not 
passed through any one of the lower Degrees should 
be placed on the rolls as a candidate for membership 
in the Degree to which he is entitled by his age, 
and should not be presented for Initiation until he 
has familiarized himself with the minimum require- 
ments of the lower Degrees, as set forth by the 
Tribunal, although he may not be required to pass 
through them. To emphasize this period of pro- 
bation, and to impress upon the mind of the candidate 
the desirability of meeting these requirements, it is 
recommended that he be refused admittance to the 
meetings until after the opening Ritual. 

Section 3. The Vigil 

The purpose of the Vigil is to carry the preparation 
for membership in The Order of Sir Galahad a step 
further and to place the emphasis exactly where it 
must be placed if the Order is to justify its existence 
as an organization for the developing of religion in 
the life of the boy. 

Following the ancient custom of those about to 
receive Knighthood, the boy has had, in the Test of 
Consecration, a heart-to-heart talk with his Rector. 
This may be regarded as taking the place of the old 

*See Point System, Chapter X\. 

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confession. He may come to the Vigil without 
supper — this may be regarded as taking the place of 
the old fast. If he is confirmed, he may receive the 
Holy Communion on the Sunday preceding the 
Initiation. This may be very well accomplished on 
the occasion of a corporate Communion arranged for 
all the candidates who are to be initiated. The Vigil 
should be participated in not only by the candidates 
for the particular Degree, but also by all members of 
that Degree. 

The Vigil, which should be in the form of a directed 
meditation upon the meaning of the Vow to be taken, 
should immediately precede the initiation. It is pre- 
ferable to hold the Vigil on the same night. 

VIGIL PROCEDURE 

When the purpose of the Vigil has been explained, 
and those who are to participate in it have been quietly 
conducted to their seats, while the organ plays softly 
they will kneel in the darkened church, and remain 
kneeling until otherwise instructed. Then the 
Rector of the Parish or the Counselor in charge of 
the Vigil proceeds up the center aisle attended by 
two acolytes, each bearing a taper. The Rector 
reads and the acolytes respond slowly and impres- 
sively. The verses read are selections from Scripture 
and are printed in the Order of Service for the respec- 
tive rituals,* having been selected with especial 
reference to the vow to be taken for the Degree for 
which the Vigil is held. After this service has been 
concluded, it may be well to leave the candidates 
alone in the Church for a few minutes of silence. 
At least, there should be ample provision in the Vigil 
itself for silent meditation. 

There are three Vigils, one for each of the three 
Degrees of Pages, Esquires and Knights. In cases 
where it seems practicable to hold one combined Vigil 
for all Degrees on the same night, the Order of Service 
for a Vigil of Knights is recommended to be used. 

*See Chapter X. 

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A SOLITARY VIGIL FOR KNIGHTS 

A modified Vigil suggested by the Knights of King 
Arthur and followed at St. Stephen's Church, Boston, 
is called the Solitary Vigil. 

First, the Rector of the parish has a talk with the 
boy who is to be initiated into knighthood — a heart- 
to-heart and man-to-boy straightforward talk on the 
things that concern a boy most. Then he is sent 
into the Church to kneel on the chancel steps before 
the altar for half an hour, recalling what the minister 
has said to him, praying for help to live out in his 
life the good advice that has been given, and making 
silent resolutions that will assist him in the fulfilling 
of his aims. In the meantime, before him on the 
altar, are his own sword and shield, which remind him 
of the reality of the struggles that he must put up 
if he is to win out, and at the same time, because 
they are on the altar, they show him that this fight 
can be carried through to a successful finish only by 
virtue of an intimate relation between his fighting 
power and a spiritual Presence. 

This type of Vigil will prove very impressive and 
beneficial when there are but a few boys to be initiated 
into Knighthood. 

Section 4. The Formal Initiation 

THE DEGREE TEAM 

The Formal Initiation for all Degrees above that 
of Lads should be in charge of a permanent Degree 
Team, composed of Knights or Counselors whose 
duty it shall be to arrange details and conduct candi- 
dates through the ceremony without using the 
Manual. 

The Degree Team should also be ready to respond 
to calls from parishes in which Courts are about to 
be started, to give suggestions, and to aid in carry- 
ing through Installations, Coronations and Initia- 
tions. The members of the Degree Team may be 
members of the King's Cabinet. 

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PROPERTIES OF INITIATIONS 

For all Initiations special equipment must be pro- 
vided and on hand. Everything should be in readiness 
at least ten minutes before the service is to start. 
Regalia for the newly-initiated, blindfolds and 
bandages for the wrists of candidates, sword, candles, 
and other accessories should be placed where they 
can be found when needed. Confusion at the last 
minute will spoil the eifect of the most carefully con- 
ducted Vigil and Initiation. A rehearsal will often 
be found profitable, especially for the younger 



Degrees. 



INITIATIONS IN THE CHURCH 



It is to be hoped that the Initiation will take 
place in the church itself wherever this is possible. 
A chair for the King will be placed in the center of 
the choir at the head of the chancel steps. Counselors 
of the Line may be seated in the choir stalls on the 
Gospel side and the Knights on the Epistle side. 
Lower Degrees, if present, may be seated in the 
nave in order of rank. A taperer with lighted candle 
stands on either side of the King, and two members 
of the Tribunal stand on either side of the candidate 
during the ceremony. 

INITIATIONS ELSEWHERE 

It has been found that Initiation ceremonies lend 
themselves very readily to being held in the church. 
Where objection to this is raised, however, the 
Initiation may be held in the parish house or some 
place other than the church or chapel. Then it is 
suggested that a platform be provided on which a 
large, chair should be placed and over this a canopy. 
Flags and banners should be hung about for decora- 
tions. In the center of the hall should be placed a 
table and chair for the Knight of the Records. On 
each side of the King there should be chairs or stalls 
for the Knights and Counselors of the Line. In 
front of the King and on either side, chairs or benches 

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may be provided for Pages or Esquires (if present) 
in such manner as any Court may prefer. 

It is expected of course that no one will be present 
at any Initiation except members of the Degree 
concerned and of higher Degrees. No one should 
be permitted to witness the Initiation to a Degree 
higher than his own, except where a Knight is being 
made Counselor at some Full Conclave. 

THE PROCEDURE 

The King or Counselor or the Knight acting as 
King presides. The King wears a crown and a white 
tunic with ample cape of cardinal canton flannel, 
trimmed with white cotton or canton flannel to 
represent ermine. In his hand he holds a sceptre 
and at his side is a sword. (If a Counselor or Knight 
takes the King's place he will not wear a crown nor 
carry a sceptre.) Members of the Court assisting at 
Initiations are attired according to suggestions given 
in the chapter on Regalia.* Great solemnity should 
prevail. 

The Initiations follow the forms set forth for the 
several Degrees,t each candidate being brought for- 
ward alone. The disposition of each candidate after 
his Initiation and the procedure after all have been 
initiated are set forth in a separate section applying 
to all Degrees. t 

*See Chapter XXII. 

tSee Chapter XI. 

JSee Chapter XI, Section 7 



ISO 



CHAPTER X 
VIGILS 

Section 1. For Pages. 
Section 2. For Esquires. 
Section 3. For Knights. 



CHAPTER X 
Vigils 
Section 1. An Order of Service for a Vigil 

FOR PAGES 

, proc ding .. p > - aisle 

side z 
habit .... v. reads respo ti- 

the ac( ving verses: 

Minister; Hoar what the Psalmist says of those who 
would obey : 

Blessed are those that are undented in the 
way: and walk in the law of the Lord. 

Blessed are they that keep His testimonies: 
and seek Him with their whole heart. 

For they who do no wickedness: walk in His 
ways. 

Thou hast charged: that we shall diligently 
keep Thy commandments. 

that my ways were made so direct: that 1 
might keep Thy statutes. 

So shall I not be confounded: while I have 
respect unto all Thy commandments. 

1 will thank Thee with an unfeigned heart: 
when 1 shall have learned the judgments of 
Thy righ t eon s n ess. 

1 will keep Thy ceremonies: O forsake me not 
utterly. 

Prt ceeding c a ice steps the Mi : . ning 

• .- t m m says as foil >« 
Minister; In the name of the Father, and of the Son. 
and of the Holy Ghost, A 

The Lord be with you. 
tes: And with thy spirit. 

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Minister: Let us pray. 

Lord have mercy upon us. 
Acolytes: Christ have mercy upon us. 
Minister: Lord, have mercy upon us. 

O Almighty Lord, and everlasting God, 
vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, 
and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the 
ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy 
commandments; that, through thy most mighty 
protection, both here and ever, we may be 
preserved in body and soul; through our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 
Here shall follow an address of not more than three 
minutes on the meaning of the Vow of Obedience. 

All those to be initiated shall then be bidden to medi- 
tate for two or three minutes on subjects suggested for 

1. Silent self-examination, 

2. Silent resolution. 
Minister: Let us pray. 

Blessed Lord, Who on earth didst perfectly 
obey, help us by Thy grace to render always, 
to all who have the right to command us, un- 
swerving obedience without question or mur- 
mur. In Thine own name we ask it. Amen. 

Minister: Almighty God, Who hast called us to be 
disciples of Helpfulness, Obedience, Truth, 
Chivalry and Service, clothe us with right, 
arm us with might, that we may be faithful 
to Thee in this world and finally, with the 
true and good of all ages, win everlasting life, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
Then shall follow the Benediction, after which a 

recessional hymn may be sung; or all silently march 

from the church to soft music. 



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Section 2. An Order of Service for a Vigil 

FOR ESQUIRES 

The minister proceeding up the center aisle of the 
darkened church with two acolytes, one on each side, 
habited as monks, each holding a taper, reads respon- 
sively with the acolytes the following verses: 
Minister: Hear the words of Scripture concerning 
those who speak the truth: 

Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle: or 
who shall rest upon thy holy hill? 

Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life: and 
doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh 
the truth from his heart. 

He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, 
nor done evil to his neighbour: and hath not 
slandered his neighbour. 

He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly 
in his own eyes: and maketh much of them that 
fear the Lord. 

He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and 
disappointeth him not: though it were to his 
own hindrance. 

He that hath not given his money upon 
usury: nor taken reward against the innocent. 

Whoso doeth these things: shall never fail. 

Proceeding to the chancel steps the Minister turning 
to the Candidates for Esquireship kneeling before him 
says as follows: 
Minister: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, 

and of the Holy Ghost, Amen. 
Minister: The Lord be with you. 
Acolytes: And with thy spirit. 
Minister: Let us pray. 

Lord have mercy upon us. 
Acolytes: Christ have mercy upon us. 
Minister: Lord have mercy upon us. 
Minister and all: Our Father, etc. 

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Minister: Almighty God, who showest to them that 
are in error the light of thy truth, to the intent 
that they may return into the way of righteous- 
ness; Grant unto all those who are admitted 
into the fellowship of Christ's Religion, that 
they may avoid those things that are con- 
trary to their profession, and follow all such 
things as are agreeable to the same; through 
our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 
Here shall follow an address of not more than three 
minutes on the meaning of the Vow of Truth. 

All those to be initiated shall then be bidden to medi- 
tation for two or three minutes on subjects suggested for 

1. Self examination, 

2. Silent resolution. 
Minister: Let us pray. 

Help us, Father, to hate, as Thou dost hate, 
lying and dishonesty in every form. Make us 
to love, as Thou dost love, truth and fair- 
ness in all we do. We ask it for the Saviour's 
sake. Amen. 

Minister: Almighty God, Who hast called us to be 
disciples of Helpfulness, Obedience, Truth, 
Chivalry and Service, clothe us with right, 
arm us with might, that we may be faithful 
to Thee in this world and finally, with the 
true and good of all ages, win everlasting life, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
Then shall follow the Benediction, after zvhich a 

recessional hymn may be sung; or all silently march 

from the church to soft music. 



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Section 3. An Order of Service for a Vigil 

FOR KNIGHTS 

The Minister, proceeding np the centre aisle of the 
darkened church with two acolytes, one on each side, 
habited as monks, each holding a taper, reads respon- 
sively with the acolytes the following verses: 
Minister: Hear what the Psalmist says concerning 
the pure in heart: 

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord: 
or who shall rise up in his holy place? 

Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure 
heart: and that hath not lift up his mind 
unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neigh- 
bour. 

He shall receive the blessing from the Lord: 
and righteousness from the God of his sal- 
vation. 

This is the generation of them that seek 
him: even of them that seek thy face, O Jacob. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye 
lift up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of 
glory shall come in. 

Who is this King of glory: It is the Lord 
strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in 
battle. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye 
lift up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of 
glory shall come in. 

Who is this King of glory: Even the Lord of 
hosts, he is the King of glory. 

Proceeding to the chancel steps the Minister turning 
to the candidates for Knighthood kneeling before him, 
says as follows: 

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 
Minister: The Lord be with you. 
Acolytes: And with thy spirit. 
Let us pray. 

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Minister: Lord have mercy on us. 

Acolytes: Christ have mercy on us. 

Minister: Lord have mercy on us. 

Minister and candidates together: Our father, etc. 

Minister: Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes: 

Acolytes: And I shall keep it unto the end. 

Minister: Give me understanding, and I shall keep 
thy law: 

Acolytes: Yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart. 

Minister: Let us pray for the spirit of perfect Obedi- 
ence. 
After all have prayed in silence the Minister shall say 

this Collect: 

O Almighty Lord, and everlasting God, 
vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, 
and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the 
ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy 
commandments; that, through thy most 
mighty protection, both here and ever, we 
may be preserved in body and soul; through 
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Minister: Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle: or 

who shall rest upon thy holy hill? 
Acolytes: Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life: and 

doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the 

truth from his heart. 
Minister: Let us pray for the spirit of Truth and 

Honesty. 
After all have prayed in silence the Minister shall say 
the following Collect: 

Almighty God, who showest to them that are 
in error the light of thy truth, to the intent 
that they may return into the way of righteous- 
ness; Grant unto all those who are admitted 
into the fellowship of Christ's Religion, that 
they may avoid those things that are contrary 
to their profession, and follow all such things 

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as are agreeable to the same; through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Minister: Wherewithal shall a young man eleanse his 
way? 

Acolytes: Even by ruling himself after thy word. 

Minister: God, make clean our hearts within us. 

Acolytes: And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 

Minister: Let us pray for the spirit of Purity, the 
heart of Chivalry. 
After all have prayed in silence the M mister shall say 

the following Collect: 

Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are 
open, all desires known, and from whom no 
secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our 
hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, 
that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily 
magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 
Then all being seated, the Minister shall make a brief 

address on the meaning of the Fozv of Chivalry, and 

this completed all shall kneel to meditate upon the 

Fozv and to make a silent resolution to keep it steadfastly. 

Minister: Let us pray. 

O sinless Son of Man, make us staunch in 
our stand for purity in thought, word and 
deed; that we may keep our bodies undefiled 
and be ready always to protect and honor 
womankind. Thus shall we honor Thee, 
our Master, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Almighty God, Who hast called us to be dis- 
ciples of Helpfulness, Obedience, Truth, Chiv- 
alry and Service, clothe us with right, arm us 
with might, that we may be faithful to Thee 
in this world and finally, with the true and 
good of all ages, w r in everlasting life, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
Then shall follow the Benediction, after which a 

recessional hymn may be sung: or all silently march 

from the church to soft music. 

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CHAPTER XI 



INITIATIONS 



Section 1. For Lads. 

Section 2. For Pages. 

Section 3. For Esquires. 

Section 4. For Knights. 

Section 5. I. For Counselors of the Line. 

II. For Associate Counselors. 
Section 6. A Closing Service for All Initia- 
tions. 



CHAPTER XI 
Initiations 

Section 1. The Ritual for Initiation to the First Degree 

LADS 

The boy to be initiated Lad is escorted by tzvo Esquires, 

one on either side, into the presence of the Counselor 

appointed to conduct the initiation, habited in his 

regalia and seated at a table. 

Counselor: Esquires, what boy is this? 

Esquires: A boy who is of age to become a Lad in 
The Order of Sir Galahad. 

Counselor: Boy, we would gladly have thee a member 
of our Order. The duty of a Lad is to be help- 
ful. He should be eager to help others: he 
should be ready cheerfully to do his chores 
at home; to be ready to help his teachers in the 
school; be ready to help his Rector in the 
Parish. Art thou willing to do these things? 
The Counselor awaits the boy's reply. 

Counselor: Wilt thou promise to try? 
The Counselor awaits the boy's reply. 

Counselor: Then place thy hands between mine 
and say after me the Lads' Vow: 

{The boy, taught by the Counselor, repeats) 

I promise to help my home, my school, 
my friends, and my Church in whatever 
way I can. 

Counselor: Receive the insignia of the Degree. Go 
forth, and be a helpful Lad of The Order of 
Sir Galahad. 

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Section 2. The Ritual for Initiation to the Second Degree 

PAGES 

The Lad with eyes blindfolded and hands tied is led 
by a Counselor to the Hall of Conclave. Three knocks. 
Sentinel: What ho! Who comes? 
Counselor: A Lad who craves the boon of serving as 

a Page in The Order of Sir Galahad. 
Sentinel: Lad, is this truly thy desire? 
Lad: lea, my good Lord. 
Sentinel: Then know thou this, that none need seek 

this service save he be quick to obey. 
Counselor: Sir Sentinel, the Lad hath a brave heart 

and is ready to obey. 
Sentinel: Lead him to the throne then. The King 

even now gives audience. 
The Counselor leads the Lad to the throne. 
Counselor: Lad, thou art before the King. Kneel. 
King: Sir Counselor, why bringest thou the Lad 

to me? 
Counselor: Your Majesty, that he may serve as a Page 

in The Order of Sir Galahad. 
King: Unbind his eyes that I may read his face, 

whether he be worthy. 
The Counselor unbinds the Lad's eyes. 
King {after looking intently into the Lad's face): Lad, 

thy face bespeaks thee well; but know thou 

this: who seeks so proud a service must 

promise to obey. 
King: Wilt thou promise to obey? 
Lad: Yea, Your Majesty, I will. 
King: Repeat after me thy Vow: 
{The Lad repeats) 

I take upon myself the Vow of obedi- 
ence. All who have the right to command 
me, I promise to obey. 

King: Thou hast spoken well. 
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King: Sir Counselor, unbind his wrists that I may 
test his hands, whether they be ready. 
The Counselor unties the Lad's hands. 

King {to Page standing near): Page, take the brand 
Excalibur and bear it to the candidate. Lad, 
this is the sharp sword Excalibur. Dost fear 
to take the keen blade in thy naked hands and 
bear it to thy King? 

Lad: Nay, Your Majesty, I fear it not. 

King {to Esquire): Esquire, draw the blade and lay it 
on the young Lad's palms. 

King: Sir Counselor, lead hither the Lad. 

The Lad is led before the King and made to kneel 

on one knee, and courteously to hand the sword to the 

King. 

King: Lad, thou hast shown thyself worthy. By 
the King's decree, henceforth thou art a Page 
in The Order of Sir Galahad. 

King: Rise and be clothed with the regalia of thy 
Degree. {A Page's collar is placed around his 
neck.) Keep thy Vow and remain ever faithful 
to The Order of Sir Galahad. 



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Section 3. The Ritual for Initiation to the Third Degree 

ESQUIRES 

The Page to be initiated is brought blindfolded and 
with tied hands to the Hall of Conclave. Three knocks. 
Sentinel: Why comest thou here? 

Counselor: Prithee, sir, I come with this Page who 
seeks the King. 

Sentinel: Hath the King summoned him to his, 
presence? 

Counselor: Yea, forsooth, the King would create him 
an Esquire. 

Sentinel: Enter and pass on. 

Counselor (having led the Page to the throne): Your 
Majesty, I have brought to thee the Page 
thou hast chosen to be Esquire. 

King: Hath he been tested? 

Counselor: Nay, your Majesty. 

King: Page, art thou willing to undergo the trial 
which shall prove thy fitness for this honor? 

Page: Yea, your Majesty, I am. 

King: Let the Page be tested. 

Counselor (having unbound the Page's hands): Here, 
Page, is the mystic sword Excalibur,* em- 
bedded in a stone. Canst draw it forth, 
thou art ready for Esquireship. Seize and 
draw. 
He tries and fails. 

Counselor: Your Majesty, the Page hath tried and 
is found unequal to the task. 

King: Hither, Page, and kneel. No hand can draw 
this mystic blade save with the strength that 
cometh from singleness of heart. If thou will 
openly pledge thyself to truth, then perchance 
thou canst draw Excalibur from the stone. I 



*Use two swords, one of which should be securely fixed, the other free. 
Or a sword in a cement block may be used, with a pin that would secure or 
release it. 

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bid thee repeat as I teach thee, slowly and 
thoughtfully, the words of this Vow: 
(The Page repeats) 
Page: 

I pledge myself to truth. Dishonesty 
and lying in every form I promise to put 
away. Truth and fairness I promise to 
follow in all I do. 

King: Rise, Page. Once again try to draw Excalibur 
from the stone. 
He draws it forth. 

Counselor: Your Majesty, the Page is worthy. He 
hath drawn Excalibur from the stone. 

King: Thou canst become, then, an Esquire of this 
Order. Kneel and receive the King's sign to 
bear the new name thou hast won. 
The King strikes the Page with the sword gently upon 

the knee. 

King: By this sign I create thee Esquire in The Order 
of Sir Galahad. Rise and be clothed with the 
regalia of thy Degree. {The Esquire's sash is 
thrown over his left shoulder.) Keep thy Vow 
and remain ever faithful to The Order of Sir 
Galahad. 



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Section 4. The Ritual for Initiation to the Fourth Degree 
KNIGHTS 

The Esquire to be initiated is brought blindfolded 

and with hands tied to the Hall of Conclave. Three 

knocks. 

Sentinel: Who knocks at the Hall of Conclave? 

Counselor: A Counselor. 

Sentinel: Wherefore dost thou knock? 

Counselor: I seek admission to the King. 

Sentinel: Comest thou alone? 

Counselor: Nay, an Esquire I have with me, who 
craves the boon of knighthood. 

Sentinel: Dost thou know, Sir Counselor, that he 
may not have this boon save he be worthy of 
the honor? 

Counselor: The Esquire is most worthy. 

Sentinel: Enter. The King gives audience. 
Both proceed to the throne. 

Counselor: Your Majesty, I bring an Esquire to the 
Court. 

King: An Esquire? Let him step forth. {The Esquire 
steps forward.) And what doth this Esquire 
crave? 

Counselor: Knighthood, your Majesty; he desireth 
knighthood. 

King: Is this true, Esquire, as Sir Counselor hath 
said? 

Esquire: Yea, your Majesty. 

King: Kneel. Sir Counselor, unbind his hands and 
take the bandage from his eyes. 

King: Esquire, know that all who are knighted at 
this Court and by me are sworn to respect 
themselves and to honor womankind. I de- 
mand of thee, therefore: Dost thou here in the 
presence of thy King vow to respect thy body 
and keep clean thy mind? 

Esquire: Yea, your Majesty. 

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Two Counselors who stand with drawn swords, one 

on each side of the candidate, and a little to the rear, 

strike their swords three times over his head after each 

vow. 

King: Dost thou here in the presence of thy King 
vow to protect and honor womankind? 

Esquire: Yea, your Majesty. 

King: Dost thou here in the presence of thy King 
vow to reverence thy conscience, seek high 
thoughts, love the truth, and follow all that 
makes a man? 

Esquire: Yea, your Majesty, I vow. 

King: Sir Knights: Do ye witness to the vows now 
made? 

All: We do witness. 

King: Esquire, thou hast assented to a threefold 
vow. That it may be impressed upon thy 
mind and ever serve as a guide to thy conduct 
as a Knight in The Order of Sir Galahad, place 
thy hands in mine and repeat the Vow of 
Knighthood, saying after me: 
{The Esquire repeats) 

In the name of the Father, and of the 

Son, and of the Holy Ghost, I, . . , 

solemnly vow to guard my body from 
misuse and abuse, to keep clean my 
mind by harboring no impure or debas- 
ing thought. I vow, as the knights of 
old did vow, to protect and honor woman- 
kind in thought, in word and in deed; 
and that I may not fail in these vows, I 
swear to reverence my conscience, seek 
high thoughts, love the truth, and follow 
all that makes a man. Amen. 

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"GOD PROSPER THEE IN THY VOW" 

From Baldwin's "Story of the King." Copyright, by Permission of the American 
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Initiations 

King: Well hast thou spoken. God prosper thee in 
thy Vow. 

King (taking a sword and laying it on the shoulder of 
the kneeling Esquire): Esquire, I solemnly dub 
thee Knight of The Order of Sir Galahad. 
Rise, Sir Knight. (A Knight's cape is placed 
on the Knight *s left shoulder.) Keep thy Vow 
and remain ever faithful to The Order of Sir 
Galahad. 



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Section 5. The Ritual for [nidation to the Fifth Degree 

I. Counselors of the Link 

The Knights, Esquires and Pages being assembled, 
the King, seated upon his throne with a Page at his 
right hand and another at his left) shall hid a Page 
summon /<> ///.* presence the Knight who is eligible l<>r 
/In- Degree oj Counselor oj the Line, 

The Page bearing a staf} shall approach the Counselor- 
elect and striking him with his staff shall say: 

Sir , i he King Litis i hee to his 

presence. 
The A night rising shall say: 

Sir attends the bidding of the King. 

The Page shall then conduct the Knight from the 
Conclave, where he shall be divested oj his Knight's 
cape, the Page returning to his /date at the King's side 
to await the further bidding of the King. 

Then shall two Esquires conduct the Knight from the 
adjoining room to the presence of the King, whereupon 

the Knight shall kneel on one knee he/ore the King, who 

shall say. 

Sir , we have observed thee that 

thou hast been a trusty Knight; thou hasl been 
helpful; thou hast been obedient; thou hast 
been devoted to truth; thou hast been chival- 
rous in conduct. Because thou hast been faith- 
ful to the ideals of this Order and worth) to 
enjoy the confidence oj thy King, wo are 
minded to create thee a Counselor o| tin- Line 
o^i Court of The Order of Sir Gala- 
had. Know, however, that those whom we 

choose to lake into our council must be such 

as arc ready to become- the servants ^( all. 
Tell us, therefore, if it is thy mind to seek not 
the benefits that this Order can give to thee, 
but henceforth to study what thou mayesl 
give and (\^ for the good oi tins Order? 

K night: Tha t is my desire. 
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I \ ii i. \ noNs 

A ing: This Order is crea ted and lives l< >i the good ol 
the Church of Christ; tell us, therefore, il 
thou dost conceive it thy duty t<> serve the 
Church wit Ii steady will r 

Knight: Yea, your Majesty. 

King: 'Tell us, dost thou conceive it thy duty to set 
a good example to the youth ol the Parish and 

to be ready al all limes to participate in work 
pla fined lor I heir ini pro\ etncnl ? 

Knight: Yea.) your Majesty. 

King: Tell us, dost thou conceive it thy duty to pei 
form Faithfully that which thou dost under- 
take, without omission or neglect, in so far as 
thou a it able? 

k night: Yea, your Ma jest \ . 

Then shall the King hold <>ni to him Ins sword, ex- 
hibiting the cross which I onus the lull, and say: 

Sir , lay t hy hand upon t his 

Cross. 

And the k night shall do as the King biddeth. Thru 
shall the King teach the Knight, who shall say after 

h i in : 

{The Knight repeats > 

I, Sir , Knight of The Order of 

Sir Galahad, pledge myself to be faithful 
(o aiul active in the service of the Church 
of Christ and of this Order, for Christ's 
sake. Amen. 

kiiii!.- Rise, Sir Counselor, and be vested in the 
habit ol" thy Degree. Henceforth, thou shall 
he known as tin- King's friend. 

Then shall two Knights invest the Counselor with the 
regalia oj his Degree. And when all the Counselors- 
elect shall have been admitted, there shall be said hy 
the Rector, if he be present, this prayer and such other 
prayers as may be convenient, 

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O Lord Jesus Christ, who earnest not to be 
ministered unto but to minister and to give 
Thy life for the good of all, grant unto us Thy 
servants to be so diligent in our work, so 
constant in our devotion, so whole-hearted in 
our service to Thee and Thy Church, that 
Thou mayest use this our Order for the ad- 
vancement of Thy Kingdom and the glory of 
Thy Name. Amen. 

O God, dismiss us with Thy blessing and 
give us grace to do Thy will. Amen. 



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II. Associate Counselors 

{Conducted by the Rector as Chaplain) 

The men to be admitted Associate Counselors being 
assembled in a convenient place, the service shall pro- 
ceed as follows: 

Rector: We are assembled here in the sight of God to 
admit these men as Associate Counselors in 
The Order of Sir Galahad. We commend them 
to your earnest prayers that they may perform 
and keep all the obligations of the Order as 
long as they shall remain members thereof, 
that so their labors may bring forth all manner 
of good to the glory of God and the welfare of 
the young men and boys of this Parish. 

Rector: The Lord be with you. 
Response: And with thy spirit. 
Rector: Let us pray. 

O Lord save thy servants. 
Response: Who put their trust in thee. 

Rector: O Master of Life, ever make our fellowship 
the revelation of Thy presence, that out of the 
experience of our years, as elder brothers, we 
may further the cause of youth and manhood 
through Thy Church, that we all may be 
bound together according to our several abili- 
ties to advance Thy Kingdom, for Thy 
Name's sake. Amen. 

Rector: O Lord open thou our lips. 

Response: And our mouths shall show forth thy 

praise. 
Rector: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to 

the Holy Ghost. 
Response: As it was in the beginning, is now and 

ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 
Psalm 145 
The Lesson: St. Matthew vii: 13-21. 

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nn CHARGE 

Rector: In the Name of the Father and of the Son 
and of the 1 loly Ghost . Amen. 

An Associate Counselor doth promise, so 
Far as he shall he able, faithfully to obey the 
Motto of the Degree o\ Associate Counselor in 
The Order oi Sir Galahad; to offer at all times 
such service as he may he called upon to give; 
to set a good example to the youth o\ the 
Parish and to be read} at all times to partici- 
pate in the work planned for their improve- 
ment, 

\\ ill thou perform t hese duties in this Parish : 

Responsi : I will. 

Taking each by the right hand the Rector shall first 
receive the candidate, thru invest him with the regalia 
of his Degree, saying: 

We receive and admit thee as an Associate 
Counselor into The Order o\ Sir Galahad. 
Max est thou have grace ever faithfully to 
remember tin duty to the youth oi the Church 
And to further the spread o\ Christ's Kingdom 
among men. 
Hymn: "Soldiers oi Christ, arise" 

Closing Prayers: The Galahad Prayer and others at 
1 he Rector's discretion. 



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Section <>. A Closing Service for :tll Initiations 

After each candidate has been vested with his 
regalia, he is conducted to the rear oi the church 
(or other place of assembly), whore he waits quietly 
during the Initiation oi those who follow. When all 
have been initiated, two members oi the Degree team 
escort the newly admitted members to the front oi 
the church, the others remaining standing to receive 
t hem. 

The King ma\ then make a brief address, setting 
forth the meaning oi the particular \ ow taken, and 
urging upon the newly initiated members loyalty to 
the Order and to the Church which the Order serves, 
during which address those present shall be seated. 

Then all. standing, shall sing the Galahad Song. 

This concluded, the Director shall say: 
The Lord be with you, 
Answer: And with thy spirit. 
Director: Let us pray tor The Order oi Sir Galahad. 

All: Almighty Clod. Who hast called us to be dis- 
ciples oi Helpfulness, Obedience. Truth, Chiv- 
alry and Service, clothe us with right, arm us 
with might; that we may be faithful to Thee 
in this world and finally, with the true and 
good of all ages, win everlasting life, through 
lesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
Or, 
Almighty God, Who didst raise up knights of 
old gladly to serve and bravely to strive for 
right and truth, make, we pray Thee, all mem- 
bers oi The Order of Sir Galahad constant in 
Helpfulness, Obedience, Truth, Chivalry and 
Service, that they may be st rong to do Thy will 
and evermore honor Thee as knights oi the 
present day, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Director: Let us pray tor all members of the 

Degree. 
Then shall follow the Prayer for the P.\'. 



I m n \ riONS 

Director: Let us pray for those who have just been 
initiated i 

Almighty God, who hast given Thy servants 
here present the will to take these Vows upon 
them; Grant them also strength and power to 
perform the same; that the) nun faithfully 
serve Thee and The Order o( Sir Galahad in 
the Degree of (and in due time be 

found worth} to be admitted into the higher 
Degree of ), through Jesus Christ 

our 1 ord, .-/•.. 

Then rhall the Ra or, . . . ••■.<...• 

God the Father, God the Son, and God the 
lloh Ghost, bless, preserve, and keep you, 

now and foi e\ ei more. .7 ' . 



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RITUALS FOR MEETINGS 



Section l. 

Set ion 2 
Section .* 

Section 4 

Section 5 
Section (> 
Section 7 



For lads. 
For Pages, 
For Esquires, 

For knights. 

For Counselors. 

For Full Conclave's, 

The Ritual of Affiliation, 




HIS NEW DAY 
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CHAPTER XII 

Rituals for Meetings 

Section 1. The Ritual for Meetings 
OF LADS 

The Counselor, standing in his appointed place, 
with the Lads standing before him, shall begin the 
meeting: 

Lads of The Order of Sir Galahad. 
Lads: All hail, Sir Counselor. 

Counselor: Lads, tell me the Motto of your Degree. 
Lads: Helpfulness. 
Counselor: What was the promise that ye made 

when ye were admitted into The Order of 

Sir Galahad? 
Lads: We promised to be helpful. 
Counselor: Pray ye then to our Heavenly Father that 

He will give you His grace truly to keep this 

Vow. 
All {kneeling on one knee): Our heavenly Father, 

make us, we pray Thee, such boys as Jesus was, 

always glad to help others and ready to serve 

our homes, our schools, our friends and our 

Church, for Jesus' sake. Amen. 
Our Father, etc. 
Counsetor: Grant, O Lord, that what we have prayed 

with our lips we may mean in our hearts and 

practise in our lives, for our Saviour's sake. 
All: Amen. 

After zuhich the meeting shall continue and such 
program as the Counselor has prepared shall be carried 
out. 
Counselor: Lads, be seated. 

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Counselor: Lads, your President will now present the 
especial interest of the meeting. 
The especial interest of the meeting. 

When comes the hour of closing, as the Counselor 
raps thrice with his staff, the Lads shall gather before 
him. Then shall they proceed to the closing as follows: 
Counselor: Lads. 
Lads: All hail, Sir Counselor! 

Counselor: The hour draws nigh which parts us; ere 
we go, sing we the song of our Order. 
Then shall all standing sing the Galahad Song. 
Counselor: Keep ye your Vow of Helpfulness until 
we meet again. Lads, I declare that the meet- 
ing is ended. 
And ere they leave, right merrily shall they sound the 
rallying cry: 

Rah! Rah! Rah! 
Rah! Rah! Ree! 
G-A-L-A-H-A-D 



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Section 2. The Ritual for Meetings 

OF PAGES 

The Counselor, sitting in his appointed place, with 

the Pages standing before him, shall address them as 

follows: 

Pages of The Order of Sir Galahad. 

Pages: All hail, Sir Counselor! 

Counselor: Pages, answer me truly; what is the 
Motto of your Degree: 

Pages: Obedience. 

Counselor: What was the promise that ye made 
when our liege lord the King received you into 
this noble Order: 

Pages: We promised to obey. 

Counselor: Pray ye then to Almighty God that He 
will give you His grace truly to keep your Vow. 

All {kneeling on one knee): Blessed Lord, who on 
earth didst perfectly obey, help us by Thy 
grace to render always, to all who have the 
right to command us, unswerving obedience 
without question or murmur. In Thine own 
Name we ask it. Amen. 
Our Father, etc. 

Counselor: Grant, O Lord, that what we have prayed 
with our lips we may mean in our hearts and 
practise in our lives, for our Saviour's sake. 

All: Amen. 

Then shall all standing sing the Galahad Song. 
Then shall the Counselor direct the Pages to what- 
ever may be the matter which he has prepared tor them 

at this meeting. 

When comes the hour of closing, the Counselor shall 
rap thrice with his staff, and shall bid the Pages gather 
before him. Then shall they proceed to the closing as 
follows: 

Counselor: Pages. 
Pages: All hail, Sir Counselor! 

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Counselor: The hour draws nigh which parts us: 
keep ye your \ o\\ of Obedience until we meet 
again. 
And ere they leave the Hall of Conclave right merrily 

shall they sound the rallying cry: 

Rah! Rah! Rah' 
Rah! Rah! Ree! 
G A-L-A-H-A D 



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Section 3. The Ritual for Meetings 

OF ESQUIRES 

The Counselor, sitting in his appointed place, with 

the Esquires standing before him, shall address them as 

follows: 

Counselor: Esquires of The Order of Sir Galahad. 

Esquires: All hail. Sir Counselor! 

Counselor: If ye be trusty Esquires, answer me truly 
the Motto of your Degree. 

Esquires: Truth. 

Counselor: What then was the Vow that ye took in 
the presence of our liege lord the King: 

Esquires: We pledged ourselves to Truth. 

Counselor: See to it then that ye keep the pledge ye 
have so solemnly made, and pray ye now to 
our Heavenly Father that ye may keep it 
truly in your hearts. 

All (kneeling on one knee): Help us, Father, to hate, 
as Thou dost hate, lying and dishonesty in 
every form. Make us to love, as Thou dost 
love, truth and fairness in all we do. We ask 
it for the Saviour's sake. Amen. 
Our Father, etc. 

Counselor: Grant, Lord, that what we have prayed 
with our lips we may mean in our hearts and 
practise in our lives, for our Saviour's sake. 

All: Amen. 

Then shall all standing sing the Galahad Song. 
Then shall the Counselor direct the Esquires to what- 
ever may be the matter which he has prepared for them 

at this meeting. 

When comes the hour of closing, the Counselor shall 
rap thrice with his staff, and shall bid the Esquires 
gather before him. Then shall they proceed to the 
closing as follows: 
Counselor: Esquires. 
Esquires: All hail, Sir Counselor! 

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Counselor: The hour draws nigh which parts us; 

keep ye your Vow of Truth until we meet 

again. 
And ere they leave the Hall of Conclave, right merrily 
shall they sound the rallying cry: 

Rah! Rah! Rah! 
Rah! Rah! Ree! 
G-A-L-A-H-A-D 



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Section 4. The Ritual for Meetings 

OF KNIGHTS 

The King sitting upon his throne, with the Knights 

standing before him, shall proceed as follows: 

Sir Knights of The Order of Sir Galahad. 

Knights: All hail to the King! 

King: We are about to open a meeting of this knightly 
Order. Sir Sentinel, bar the gate. 

Sentinel: Your Majesty, the gate is barred. 

King: Sir Knights, what is the Motto of your Degree? 

Knights: Chivalry. 

King: What was the Vow that ye took in our presence, 
when we admitted you into this high and 
honored Degree of The Order of Sir Gala- 
had? 

Knights: We swore to respect out bodies and keep 
clean our minds; to protect and honor woman- 
kind; to reverence conscience, seek high 
thoughts, love the truth, and follow all that 
makes a man. 

King: Let us pray for help to keep these vows to the 
Lord and Maker of all. 

All (kneeling on the right knee): O Sinless Son of 
Man, make us staunch in our stand for purity 
in thought, word and deed; that we may keep 
our bodies undefiled, and be ready always to 
protect and honor womankind. Thus shall 
we honor Thee our Master, Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 
Our Father, etc. 

King: Grant, O Lord, that what we have prayed 
with our lips we may mean in our hearts 
and practise in our lives, for our Saviour's 
sake. 

All: Amen. 

King: Sir Knights, be seated. Now declare we the 
business of this meeting open. 

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Then shall proceed the business following this order: 
The report of the Knight of the Records. 
The report of the Knight of the Treasury. 
Unfinished business. 
New business. 
King: Sir Counselor, you may present the especial 
interest of the evening. 
The especial program for the evening. 

When comes the hour of closing, as the King raps 
thrice with his sceptre, his Knights shall gather before 
him. Then shall they proceed to the closing as follows: 
King: Sir Knights. 
Knights: All hail to the King! 
King: The hour draws nigh which parts us; ere we go, 

sing we the song of our Order. 
Then shall all standing sing the Galahad Song. 
King: Keep ye your vow of Chivalry until we meet 

again. Sir Sentinel, unbar the gate. The 

meeting: now is ended. 



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Section 5. The Ritual for Meetings 

OF COUNSELORS 

The Counselor, preferably the Chief Adviser or the 

President of the Council, standing in his appointed 

place with the Counselors of the Line before him, shall 

begin the meeting: 

Counselor: Counselors of the Line of The Order of 
Sir Galahad. 

Counselors of the Line: All hail, Sir Counselor! 

Counselor: Sir Counselors, tell me the Motto of your 
Degree. 

Counselors: Service. 

Counselor: What was the Vow that ye took when 
ye were admitted into this most high Degree 
of The Order of Sir Galahad? 

Counselors: We pledged ourselves to be faithful and 
active in the service of the Church of Christ 
and of this Order, for Christ's sake. 

Counselor: Let us pray for help to keep these vows 
to the Lord and King of all. 

All: [Kneeling on one knee): Help us, our Father, to 
serve Thee, the Church, and The Order of 
Sir Galahad with such constancy and devo- 
tion that we may promote the cause of boy- 
hood and so advance Thy Kingdom, for the 
Master's sake. Amen. 
Our Father, etc. 

Counselor: Grant, O Lord, that what we have said 
with our lips we may mean in our hearts and 
practise in our lives, for our Saviour's sake. 

All: Amen. 

Counselor: Sir Counselors, be seated. Now declare 
we the business of this meeting open. 
Then shall proceed the business in the following order: 
The report of the Treasurer. 
The report of the Secretary. 
Unfinished business. 
New business. 

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Counselor: Sir Counselors, we shall now have the 

especial interest of the evening presented by 

those in charge. 
When comes the hour of closing, as the Counselor 
raps thrice with his staff, the Counselors of the Line 
shall stand. Then shall they proceed to the closing as 
follows: 

Counselor: Sir Counselors. 
Counselors: All hail! 
Counselor: The hour draws nigh which parts us. 

Ere we go sing we the song of our Order. 
Then shall all standing sing the Galahad Song. 
Counselor: Keep ye your vow of Service until we 

meet again. The meeting now is ended. 

Note: If the Counselors of the Line and the Associate 
Counselors meet separately this Ritual may be used 
•with appropriate changes of address. 



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Section 6. The Ritual for 

FULL CONCLAVES 

All the members of the Order being in their proper 

stations, the King shall proceed as follows: 

Sir Counselors, Sir Knights, Esquires, Pages 
and Lads. 

All: All hail to the King! 

King: Lads, tell me the Motto of your Degree. 

Lads: Helpfulness. 

King: Pages, answer me truly; what is the Motto of 
your Degree? 

Pages: Obedience. 

King: Esquires, if ye be trusty, what is the Motto of 
your Degree? 

Esquires: Truth. 

King: Sir Knights, what is the Motto of your Degree? 

Knights: Chivalry. 

King: Sir Counselors, what is the Motto of your 
Degree? 

Counselors: Service. 

King: Pray we all unto Almighty God that He will 
write these several Mottoes of our Degrees 
upon our hearts. 
All kneel upon one knee. 

Lads {led by the King): Our heavenly Father, make 
us, we pray Thee, such boys as Jesus was, 
always glad to help others and ready to serve 
our homes, our schools, our friends and our 
Church, for Jesus' sake. 

All: Amen. 

Pages {led by the King): Blessed Lord, Who on earth 
didst perfectly obey, help us by Thy grace to 
render always, to all who have the right to 
command us, unswerving obedience without 
question or murmur. In Thine own Name 
we ask it. 

All: Amen. 

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Esquires (led by the King): Help us, Father, to hate, 
as Thou dost hate, lying and dishonesty in 
every form. Make us to love, as Thou dost 
love, truth and fairness in all we do. We ask 
it for the Saviour's sake. 

All: Amen. 

Knights (led by the King): O sinless Son of Man, make 
us staunch in our stand for purity in thought, 
word and deed; that we may keep our bodies 
undefiled, and be ready always to protect and 
honor womankind. Thus shall we honor Thee, 
our Master, Jesus Christ our Lord. 

All: Amen. 

Counselors (led by the King): Help us, our Father, 
to serve Thee, the Church, and The Order of 
Sir Galahad, with such constancy and devo- 
tion that we may promote the cause of boy- 
hood and so advance Thy Kingdom, for the 
Master's sake. 

All: Amen. 

Our Father, etc. 
Then shall all standing sing the Galahad Song. 

King: Sir Counselor, you may present the especial 
interest of the evening. 
The especial program for the evening. 

When all is in order for the closing, they shall proceed 
as follows: 
King: Sir Counselors, Sir Knights, Esquires, Pages 

and Lads. 
All: All hail to the King! 

King: The hour draws nigh which parts us; ere we 
go, pledge we each his troth to his country 
and to the Cross of Christ. 
Here the Flag Bearer advances with the Flag. 
All: I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the Re- 
public for which it stands, one nation, in- 
divisible, with liberty and justice for all. 
Here the Crucifer advances with the Cross. 

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All: I pledge allegiance to the Cross and the Church 
for which it stands, for I am not ashamed 
to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and 
manfully to fight under His banner against 
sin, the world and the devil; and to continue 
Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto my 
life's end. Amen. 

King: Keep ye, each Counselor, Knight, Esquire, 
Page and Lad, his Vow until we meet again. 



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Section 7. The Ritual 

OF AFFILIATION 

To be used when a Member h accepted from another Court 
When members are received from one Court into 
active membership in another, it is recommended that 
the following Ritual be used and made a special feature 
of the evening at a Full Conclave. 

The person to be admitted is presented to the Director 
who in turn presents him to the King. 
Director: Your Majesty, I present unto you this 
{Lad, Page, Esquire, Knight or 

Counselor) to be affiliated with this Court of 

The Order of Sir Galahad. 
King: Cometh lie with credentials? 

(// is understood that credentials are his transfer 
papers properly executed according to a form prescribed 
for the purpose and obtained at Headquarters.) 
Director: Yea, your Majesty. 
King: Hast thou examined his credentials carefully, 

and art thou convinced that they are properly 

certified? 
Director: I am so convinced. 
King: Is it truly thy desire (Lad, Page, 

etc.) to become a member of this Court of The 

Order of Sir Galahad? 
Candidate: Yea, your Majesty. 
King: Dost thou here renew thy loyalty to The Order 

of Sir Galahad? 
Candidate: Yea, your Majesty. 
King: What is the Motto of thy Degree? 
Candidate (answering according to the Degree he holds). 
King: Dost thou believe then that thou art bound 

by this oath and wilt thou strive faithfully to 

perform it as a member of this Court? 
Candidate: Yea, your Majesty. 

Then shall the King bid the Conclave rise and repeat 
after him as follows ■; 

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All: We, the members of this Court, extend to thee, 
our brother in The Order of Sir Galahad, the 
hand of fellowship and bid thee welcome. 
Then shall the King bid the Conclave raise the shout 
of welcome by giving the Galahad cheer, with the candi- 
date's name thrice repeated at the end: 

Rah! Rah! Rah! 
Rah! Rah! Ree! 
G-A-L-A-H-A-D 

King: Thou seest how hearty the welcome is. As 
thou art greeted, so wilt thou be treated as a 
member in this Court of The Order of Sir 
Galahad. 

king: Let the meeting now proceed. 



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CHAPTER XIII 
PROGRAMS FOR LADS 

Section 1. Introduction: The Use of the Programs. 

Section 2. First Year Program. 

Section 3. Second Year Program. 

Section 4. Third Year Program. 




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CHAPTER XIII 
Programs for Lads 

Section 1. Introduction: The Use of the Programs 

The Board of Editors has set itself this task: To 
draw up a graded program that will have in mind 
the five Degrees of the Order, — Lads, Pages, Esquires, 
Knights and Counselors. Each age ought to be con- 
sidered separately and the weekly program so ar- 
ranged and graded not only that it may prove of 
interest but more especially that work among and 
with boys may carry throughout a definite purpose. 

Programs should have two characteristics: variety 
and novelty. Both tend to key up the interest of the 
boys, thus keeping them regular in their attendance. 

Beyond this the important matter is that the 
program should have an end to be accomplished. 
The schedule for each week should have a definite 
aim. That aim is never merely to amuse, but to 
educate and develop all sides of the boy. A program 
that merely tries to keep the boy amused adds little 
to his equipment for his life's work. Every program 
ought to be of interest to the boy; more important 
is the program that gets somewhere, that gives the 
boy something of permanent value, even while it 
amuses and interests him. Yet this is to be accom- 
plished through play and service, along the lines 
of the boy's interests. This aim is to be in the back 
of the Director's mind, not paraded on the printed 
program. 

This type of program is worked out for each year 
that a boy spends in each Degree. The boy of nine, 
joining the Order as a Lad, finds a program that 
introduces him to the organization he has joined. 
At ten the same boy builds on what he learned the 

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first year, although by his side are boys of nine 
taking part in the same activities and getting their 
first impressions of the Order. His eleventh year 
goes still further and so he goes onward through 
the several Degrees to manhood, always building on 
what he has dealt with in the previous year. 

A Director making use of these chapters will find 
much more material than he can use in any one 
year. He must select what will be most useful in 
his own Court. In so doing he should be careful to 
keep a due proportion, such as will favor a well- 
rounded development of the boys in his charge. For 
this reason the Lads' programs introduce the princi- 
ple of "Foursquare Men," which appears increasingly 
in the programs for Pages and Esquires, in the hope 
that Directors will not only follow the Program for 
Christian Citizenship Training as published by the 
Association Press,* with its tests and charting, but 
keep the "foursquare" point of view in their pro- 
gram selection. He will then also see to it that the 
boys achieve in the course of their progress all the 
Crafts,f and that they always do some service in 
each of the Five Fields. X It ought to be needless to 
add that every Director will plan so far ahead that 
no feature of his program appropriate to a set date 
or season shall come upon him unawares. 

An outline for every meeting follows: 

Opening Ritual 5 minutes 

Court business Never more than 20 minutes 

Roll call 

Minutes of last meeting 

Treasurer's report 

Old Business Once a month 

New business 

Announcements 

Dues 



*See Chapter I, Section 4. 

tSee Chapter XX. 

JiSee Chapter I. Section 5. 

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*Setting up exercises 10 minutes 
instruction 10 to 45 minutes 

Games 10 to 30 minutes 

Closing Ritual 5 minutes 

Final announcements 

Pledge: 

To the Cross 
To the Flag 

Yells 

Songs 

This outline a Director may always follow with 
good results. The programs suggested in the follow- 
ing pages have two parts: First, Instruction; Second, 
Games. It is these that comprise the graded program. 
It will be noticed that the time-table outlined the 
meeting as a whole, whereas the instruction and 
games as represented by the suggested programs 
form the distinctive features of each meeting. 

Attention is called to valuable program suggestions 
to be found in the Scout Master's Manual for Leaders, 
published by the Boy Scouts of America, section on 
suggested programs, pages 68 ff., 1920 edition. 

*Considered especially important for Lads, Pages and Esquires. 



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Section 2. First Year Program 

First Aim: To inform boys of nine who wish to join 

Meeting The Order of Sir Galahad what the Order is. 

Program: Have the Rector or Director give a 
talk on the histor} of the Court-: what it 
stands for, what it does, its name, object, 
officers, membership, organization, badges, 
insignia, regalia, meetings, discipline, dues. 
Possibly application forms might be dis- 
tributed for the boys to bring back signed 
to the next meeting. 
Games: Target toss; Home tag, tag with 
safeties.* 

Second Aim: To explain the Motto of the Degree. f 

Meet in» Program: By explanation, illustration, stories, 

to make clear what the Motto means. 
Games: Target toss; Stoop tag. 

Third Aim: To teach the Prayer of the Degree. 

Meeting Program: A collective drill on the Prayer, to- 

gether with explanations and illustrations 
of individual phrases. 
Games: Single relay race; Target toss; Stoop 
tag. 

Fourth Aim: To test the candidates on their preparation 

Meeting for Initiation.! 

Program: This meeting is unique in that there 
is no regular program. Each boy is dis- 
missed when he has been tested. 

Fifth \im: Immediate preparation for Initiation. ** 

Meeting Program: Explanation of various acts in the 

ceremony of Initiation, c. g., manner of 
addressing the- Counselor, kneeling, re- 
hearsal of questions and answers, emphasis 
on attention to directions. 
Games: Animal chase; Dodge ball. 

Sixth Vim: To admit the candidate to the Degree of 

Meeting Lad. 

Program : 1 nitiat ion. ft 

Seventh Aim: To instruct the Lads as to their pari in 

Meeting the Coronation o( the King.JJ 

*For information aboul games, see Boj Seoul Handbook, Galahad Edition. 
I Sec Chapter \ I, Section 1. 
I Sec Chapter I X. Se< tion 2. 

; Sr<- Chaptei II 
i I Sec Chapter \ 1. Section I , 
I fcSee Chapter VI 11. Se< tion L. 

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Eighth 

Meeting 

X inth 
Meeting 



Tenth 
Meeting 



Eleventh 
Meeting 



Twelfth 
Meeting 



'Thirteenth 
Meeting. 



Lads — First Year Program 



Program: Instruction as to responses; assign- 
ment of places; drill in the Galahad Song.* 
Nominations for executive officers and 
Cabinet to be made and posted. 
Games: Dodge ball; Cross tag. 

Program: Coronation of the King. 



Aim: To familiarize the Lads with the Ritual 

of a regular meeting.! 
Program: Learning the responses and the order 

of their occurrence; drill in the Galahad 

Song and yell. 
Games: Follow the leader; Single relay race. 

Aim:: To organize the Lads and teach them how 

to conduct a business meeting. 
Program: Explanation of the rudiments of 

parliamentary procedure; election of officers: 

president, secretary, treasurer and Cabinet 

of six. 
Games: Single relay race by teams; Ten pins 

by teams. 

Aim: To dignify in the minds of the Lads the 
importance and privileges of responsibility. 

Program: The installation of officers and 

Cabinet by the Counselor; a "charge" by 

the Rector or Director, dealing with the aim. 

Games: Ten pins by teams; Relievo by sides. 

Aim: To provide an opportunity for self-expres- 
sion in public speaking; incidentally to 
elicit for the leader's benefit ideas on con- 
structing a program. 

Program: Discussion of winter plans and pos- 
sible programs, with the Lads' executive in 
charge of discussion, the real aim being to 
teach parliamentary procedure by actual 
practice. 
Games: All up relay, by teams; Relievo, by 
sides. 

Aim: To develop Court and Degree spirit. 
Program: Practicing the Galahad yell, Degree 

yells, popular songs, the Galahad Song. 
Games: Trial indoor track meet, to establish 

handicaps; 25-yard dash; 50-vard dash; 

Relav. 



*See page xxiii. 

fSee Chapter XII. Section 1. 



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Lads — First Year Program 



Fourteenth Aim: To lead the Lads to feel that the Court 

Meeting exists to set forward the interests of the 

Church School. 
Program: Speeches by Lads upon the relation 
of the Court to the Church School; (a) 
Membership dependent upon attendance 
and scholarship, (b) Ways of advancing 
the Church School through the Court, (c) 
Ways of advancing the Church School Ser- 
vice League program through the Court. 
Games: Trial indoor track meet, to establish 
handicaps; Running high jump; Running 
broad jump; Standing broad jump. 

Note: BE SURE TO USE A THICK 
MAT, AS THE BOYS ARE LIKELY TO 
. BE INJURED ON A BARE FLOOR. 



Fifteenth 
Meeting 



Sixteenth 
Meeting 



Seventeenth 
Meeting 



Aim: To emphasize loyalty to one's own group. 
Program: A short talk on "cheering the team." 
Games: Indoor handicap track meet by 
picked teams. 

Aim: To awaken interest in an all-round de- 
velopment. 

Program: A talk by your local Y. M. C. A. 
Boys' Director on "Foursquare Men," i. e., 
the four sides of a boy's life, — physical, 
social, intellectual and devotional.* 
Games: Badger game; Cock fighting; Indian 
hand wrestling; Indian leg wrestling. 

Aim: To develop the idea of "Foursquare Men" 

and to get the boys started on the Physical 

side. 
Program: An explanation of the "Individual 

Chart," and how a boy can run against 

himself physically.f 
Games: Athletic events conducted so that 

each boy may write down on his chart 

what he can do in the following, with the 

idea that each boy is to try for improvement 

on his Physical side: 

25-yard dash — What is each boy's time? 

Running broad jump — What is each boy's 
distance? 



*Thorough acquaintance with the Handbook for Pioneers and the Manual 
for Leaders of Pioneers, A Program for Christian Citizenship Training, pub- 
lished by the Association Press, New York City, is necessary before a Leader 
can introduce those features of these Programs which relate to "Foursquare 
Men." The value of the method is so great that the Supreme Director and 
Council strongly recommend its incorporation into the program. 

fSee Handbook for Pioneers, Association Press, Chapter I. 



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Running high jump — What is each boy's 

height? 
Indian club race — What is each boy's timer 

Eighteenth Aim: To emphasize the value of team play, and 

Meeting the slogan, "All for one and one for all" or 

"All together." 
Program: Election of team captains, choosing 
of teams. 
Games: 25-yard dash by teams; 50-yard dash, 
by teams; Relay. 

Nineteenth Aim: To instill the wholesomeness and natural- 

Meeting ness of daily prayer. 

Program: The Director to read the chapter in 
Hughes's "Tom Brown's School Days," — 
How a new boy won the right to say his 
prayers in the school dormitory, * or present 
other material at his discretion. 
Games: Animal blind man's bluff; Automobile 
race, by teams. 

Twentieth Aim: To interest the Lads in college. 

Meeting Program: Choosing college names for teams, 

practicing college yells. To increase the 

interest, have the teams wear college colors. 
Games: Potato race, run by college teams; 

Passing the ball; Relay — two laps; Obstacle 

relay. 

Twenty-first Aim: To teach knowledge of and respect for the 
Meeting Flag. 

Program: The history of the first American 
Flag presented by pictures, diagrams, illus- 
trations, stories. Use of stereopticon or 
reflectoscope. 
Games: Taking the fort and flag; Snowball 
fight or climbing a mound, each side to 
attack and defend in turn. 

Twenty-second Aim: To suggest that every boy has the re- 

Meeting sponsibility for rendering service in the 

home. 

Program: Short talks by different Lads on the 

following: "How I help Mother"; "How I 

help Father"; "How I am thoughtful of my 

brothers and sisters"; "What I might do 

that I fail to do." 

Games: Potato peeling race (test, peelings 

clean and thin) ; Sewing button race; Relievo. 

*Part II, Chapter I, "How the Tide Turned." 



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Twenty-third Aim: To make a start with the Point System. 

Meeting Program: To explain the Point System and 

method of awards.* To outline Club Craft, 
the section of the Point System to be 
covered this year; to explain, illustrate and 
drill in the "Galahad Quest. "f Give each 
boy a copy of Club Craft. 
Games: Practice for athletic craft. Instruc- 
tion in how to chin one's self. Instruction in 
how to get away to a good start in the 25- 
yard dash. 

Twenty-fourth Aim: To maintain and encourage interest in the 
Meeting Point System and to enlarge the boy's 

prayer life. 
Program: A talk on Dr. Hyde's Prayer for 
Boys,J illustrating its phrases with stories 
and giving each boy a copy to learn and 
use at home. 
Games: Set out games of Parchesi; Tiddelde- 
winks; Checkers; Quoits; each boy to 
choose according to his own interest. 

In the meantime provide opportunity to 
conduct tests in Club Craft: the Galahad 
Quest, the Lads' Prayer, the Lads' Motto. 

Twenty-fifth Aim: To emphasize that every boy may find 
Meeting ways to help his Church. 

Program: A short talk showing how the Court 
may serve the parish. Ask the Rector to 
assign some act of service, as sticking 
stamps, filling envelopes, folding leaflets, 
preparing mite boxes. 
Games: Outdoor home tag. 



Twenty-sixth Aim: To show that every boy may improve 
Meeting physically with regular practice. 

Program: A talk on habits of health, with sug- 
gestions of simple setting-up exercises for 
every morning. 
Games: Instruction, exhibiton and practice 
in running the 50-yard dash, the start, 
setting the pace, the finish, economizing 
wind. Also, opportunity for Lads to try 
tests in Athletic Craft: — chinning four times, 
push-ups, running 100 yards in specified 
time. 



*See Chaptei XX. 
tSce page 89. 
JSec page 12^. 

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Lads First Year Program 

Twenty-seventh Aim: To make sure that the Lads know how the 
Meeting King is elected. 

Program: Describe the method of electing the 
King, his responsibilities and leadership. 
Games: Progressive games for individual 
points, — Parchesi; Quoits; Tiddledewinks; 
Ringtoss; Checkers. 

Twenty-eighth Aim: To awaken interest in the Galahad tradi- 
Meeting tion. 

Program: Stories of the boyhood days of King 
Arthur. Ask five boys to tell a story of 
knighthood at the next meeting. 
Games: Simple games that lads played in 
ancient days, Archery, Jousts, Tilting, — 
lances with padded ends in place of spear 
points. 

Twenty-ninth Aim: To maintain and develop interest in the 
Meeting Galahad tradition. 

Program: Five boys tell their stories of knight- 
hood. 
Games: Jousting; Pillow fight on horseback; 
Wrestling on horseback; Horseback races. 
(A boy on all fours takes the part of the 
horse.) 

Thirtieth Aim: To insure a knowledge of the Ritual of 

Meeting a Full Conclave.* 

Program: To rehearse the Lads' part in a Full 
Conclave. 
Games: Indoor baseball, picked teams of 
boys of nine years to play boys of ten years. 

Thirty-first Aim: To emphasize that the Court should sup- 

Meeting port the Lenten services of the Church 

Previous to School. 

Ash Program: A talk by the Rector on the meaning 

Wednesday of Lent to boys, urging the Lads to attend 

the Lenten services of the Church School. 
Games: Indoor baseball game between Lads 

of nine and Lads of ten. 



Thirty-second 
Meeting 



Aim: To emphasize the place of Missions in the 
life of the Court. 

Program: Plan ways in which the group may 
earn money for a Lad's Lenten box, collect- 
ing rubber, rags, paper. Elect a committee. 
Games: College team games; Ball passing 
game; 50-yard dash; Relay. 



*See Chapter XII, Section 6. 



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o 



Thirty-third Aim: To emphasize the significance of Lent. 
Meeting Program: A stereopticon or reflectoscope talk 

on the life of Christ, up to the Passion. 
No games. 

Thirty-fourth Aim: To emphasize the significance of Lent. 

Meeting Program: To explain the meaning of Ash 

Wednesday; the Church's extra services; 
the application of Lenten sacrifice to a 
boy's life; to get an expression of loyalty 
from each boy in sacrifice and attendance at 
services. 
Games: Are you there; Cock fight; Prisoner's 
base. 

Thirty-fifth Aim: To tell the story of the Passion. 

Meeting Program: Stereopticon slides of the Passion 

with references to the Oberammergau 

Passion Play. 
No games. 

Thirty-sixth Aim: To emphasize the necessity of training to 
Meeting meet the physical requirements. 

Program: Outdoor track meet with the idea of 
picking a team to represent the Degree. 
Games: 25-yard dash; Running broad jump; 
Relay race; Potato race. 

Thirty-seventh Aim: To develop Degree loyalty through inter- 
Meeting contests. 

Program: Inter-Degree handicap; outdoor 
track meet between Lads and Pages. 



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Lads — Second Year Program 

Thirty-eighth Aim: To maintain and develop the competitive 

Meeting spirit. 

Program: Jnter-game meet by Lads' college 
teams. Final chance to score for college 
tropin-: 3-legged race; Obstacle race; Back- 
wards race; Indian club race; Throwing for 
distance; Relay race. 

Thirty-ninth Aim: To teach the importance of completing an 
Meeting undertaking. 

Program: To give opportunity to complete 
Club Craft in the Point System. 
Games: Prisoner's base; Steal the flag; Run 
sheep run; Relievo. 

Fortieth Aim: To develop individual initiative. 

Meeting Program: A treasure hunt. 

Games: Duck on the rock; Prisoner's base; 
Relievo. 



Section 3. Second Year Program 

First Aim: To get last year's group together. 

Meeting Program: Address of welcome by a Counselor 

or the King-elect. General outline of 

plans. 
Games: Relievo; Prisoner's base.* 

Second Aim: Each Lad to bring a lad. 

Meeting Program: Look over the list of Church School 

pupils and get the names of eligibles and 
their addresses. Distribute the names and 
expect each Lad not only to call upon and 
invite the prospective member, but bring 
him to the next meeting. Emphasize that 
only boys in the Church School are eligible. 
Games: Soccer ball. 

Third Aim: To welcome prospective members. 

Meeting Program: Have the Rector or Director give a 

talk on the history of the Court: what it 
stands for, what it does, its name, object, 
officers, membership, organization, badges, 
insignia, regalia, meetings, discipline, dues. 
Possibly application forms might be dis- 
tributed for the boys to bring back signed 
to the next meeting. 
Games: Target toss; Home tag,— with safe- 
ties. 



*For information about games, see Boy Scout Handbook, Galahad Edition. 



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Lads — Second Year Program 

Fourth Aim: To explain to new Lads as well as to re- 

Meeting emphasize for old Lads the Motto of the 

Degree.* 

Program: By explanation, illustration and 

stories make clear what the Motto means. 

Games: Target toss; Stoop tag. 

Fifth Aim: To teach the Prayer of the Degree. 

Meeting Program: A collective drill in the Prayer 

together with the explanation and illustra- 
tions of individual phrases. 
Games: Single relay race; Target toss; Stoop 
tag. 

Sixth Aim: To admit candidates to the Degree of Lad. 

Meeting Program: Initiation.! 

Seventh Aim: To welcome new members and to instruct 

Meeting Lads as to their part in the Coronation of 

the King. 
Program: Instruction in the responses; assign- 
ment of places; drill in the Galahad song.J 

Nominations for executive officers and 
Cabinet to be made and posted. 
Games: Dodge ball; Indoor baseball. 



Eighth 
Meeting 

Ninth 
Meeting 



Program: Coronation of the King. 



Aim: To organize the Lads' program. 
Program: Election of officers: president, secre- 
tary, treasurer and Cabinet of six. 
Games: Ten pins by teams. 



Tenth Aim: To gain the Lads' interest in constructing 

Meeting the winter's program. 

Program: Talks by the boys on the best pro- 
grams. 
Games: Prisoner's base; Relievo. 



Eleventh Aim: To dignify in the minds of the Lads the 

Meeting importance and privilege of responsibility. 

Program: The installation of officers and 

Cabinet by the Counselor or Director. A 

"charge" dealing with the aim. 

Games: Ten pins by teams; Relievo by sides. 



*See Chapter XI, Section 1. 
tSee Chapter XI, Section 1. 
JSee page xxiii. 



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Twelfth Aim: To start the Lads thinking of the "Four- 

Meeting square Program" of development, begin- 

ning with the physical side.* 
Program: Stories of how strong bodies have 
made useful men. Reports from each boy 
on his physical progress during the year. 
Games: Setting physical standards for the 
year in track events, so that during the 
year each Lad may run against himself. 

Thirteenth Aim: To increase loyalty to Court and Degree. 

Meeting Program: Practicing the Galahad yell; Degree 

yells; Learning parody songs; Galahad song. 

Become a singing Degree. 
Games: Trial indoor track meet to establish 

handicaps. 25-yard dash; 50-yard dash; 

Relay race. 

Fourteenth Aim: To make the Lads feel that as a part of 

Meeting the Court they may serve the Church. 

Program: A work night. Ask the Rector to 
assign the Lads a piece of service. 
Games: Trial indoor track meet to establish 
handicaps: Standing broad jump; Running 
high jump; Running broad jump. 

Note: BE SURE TO USE A THICK 
MAT— THE BOYS ARE LIKELY TO 
BE INJURED ON A BARE FLOOR. 



Fifteenth 
Meeting 



Sixteenth 
Meeting 



Aim: To emphasize loyalty to one's own group. 
Program: A short talk on "Cheering the team." 
Games: Indoor handicap track meet, by 
picked teams. 

Aim: To continue interest in "Foursquare 
Men," emphasizing the Social side. 

Program: Stories of great men who have be- 
come great through service. Suggest ways 
of service, giving each Lad a job of re- 
sponsibility. 
Games: Badger game; Cock fighting; Indian 
wrestling; Indian leg wrestling. 



Seventeenth. -Aim: To develop the Physical side of "Four 

Meeting square Men." 




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Eighteenth 
Meeting 



Nineteenth 
Meeting 



Twentieth 
Meeting 



Twenty-first 
Meeting 



Twenty-second 
Meeting 



Program: A short talk: "Every boy can do 
something at it," or "Athletics, not to win 
prizes, but to gain the prize of a strong 
body." 
Games: Effort of two or three squads to im- 
prove under capable instruction in one of 
the following: Running high jump; Running 
broad jump. 

Aim: To encourage team play. 

Program: Election of captains, choosing of 

teams, explanation of schedule of inter-team 

games. 
Games: By teams. 25-yard dash; 50-yard 

dash; Relay race. 

Aim: To emphasize good sportsmanship. 

Program: The Director to give Lads copies of 
Dr. Hyde's Prayer for Boys.* Suggest its 
use every day until next meeting. 

Aim: To familiarize the Lads with the names of 
colleges. 

Program: Choosing of college names for teams; 
practicing appropriate college yells; to in- 
crease interest have teams wear college 
colors. 
Games: By teams: Potato race; Passing the 
ball; Relay-two laps; Obstacle race. 

Aim: To advance knowledge of and respect for 
the Flag. 

Program: The history of the official American 
Flag presented by pictures, diagrams, illus- 
trations and stories. Use stereopticon or 
reflectoscope. 
Games: Taking the fort and flag; Snowball 
fight, or climbing a mound, each side to 
attack and defend in turn; Flag race. 

Aim To awaken interest in Indians; to get Indian 
Craft started as the section of the Point 
System to be covered this year. 
Program: Illustrated talk on the early days 
of the Indian in America. Before the next 
meeting require each Lad to write in not 
' less than 200 words the story of the lecture, 
as a part of the Indian Craft in the Point 
System. 
Games: Indian hand wrestling; Indian foot 
wrestling; Indian club wrestling. 



*See page 123. 



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Twenty-third Aim: To follow up Indian Craft. 

Meeting Program: Give each Lad a copy or post a 

copy of Indian Craft. Give a talk on trail- 
ing, or get a First Class Scout to do it. 
Games: Have bows and arrows for practice. 

Twenty-fourth Aim:- To know the woods. 

Meeting Program: A hike in the woods: following the 

blazed trail; tracking; finding wood for 

bows and arrows. 



Twenty -fifth 
Meeting 



Twenty-sixth 
Meeting 



Twenty-seventh 
Meeting 



Aim: To combine play with service. 

Program: Some piece of service assigned 
by the Rector: sticking stamps, filling en- 
velopes, folding leaflets. 
Games: Indoor baseball by teams A and B„ 

Aim: To present the Devotional side of "Four- 
square Men." 

Program: Receiving reports on standing for 
first term of Church School and reports on 
how many Lads go to church regularly. 
Games: Indoor baseball by teams C and D. 

Aim: To check up 
square Men." 



the Physical side of "Four- 



Program: Records on diagram charts of physi- 
cal improvement with descriptions of the 
methods used by the Lads.* 
Games: Set out indoor games: Checkers, 
Parchesi, Ping pong, and allow each Lad to 
choose according to his own interest. In 
the meantime provide opportunity for Lads 
to take tests in Indian Craft and Athletic 
Craft. 

Twenty-eighth Aim: To show that any boy may improve with 
Meeting regular practice. 

Program: A talk on health habits. 

"Regularity as the Road to Health." 
Games: Instruction, exhibition and practice 
in running the 50-yard dash, the start, 
setting the pace, economizing wind, the 
finish. 

Twenty-ninth Aim: To stimulate interest in the Galahad 
Meeting tradition. 

Program: The story of the Vision of Sir Gala- 
had.f 
Games: Simple games that were played in 
ancient days: Archery; Jousts, Tilting. 



*See Handbook for Pioneers, Association Press, Chapter I. 
tSee Chapter III, Section 1. 



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Lads — Second Year Program 

Thirtieth Aim: To get the Lads reading and hearing 

Meeting stories of knighthood. 

Program: Six stories of knighthood told by six 
Lads in their own words from material pro- 
vided for them during the preceding week. 
Games: Jousting; Pillow fight on "horse- 
back"; Wrestling on "horseback"; "Horse- 
back" races. (A boy on all fours takes the 
part of the horse.) 

Thirty-first Aim: To emphasize that the Court should sup- 

Meeting port the Lenten services of the Church 

Previous to School. 

Ash Program: A talk by the Rector explaining the 

Wednesday meaning of Ash Wednesday, and outlining 

group methods of attending Church School 

Lenten services. 
Games: Indoor baseball between winners of 

A, B and C, D. 

Thirty-second Aim: To include Missions as a natural part of 
Meeting the Lads' program during Lent. 

P-rogram: Illustrated talk on some Missionary 
field. 
Games: Soccer ball. 

Thirty-third Aim: To strengthen interest in the Social side 
Meeting of "Foursquare Men." 

Program: Making something for the children's 
ward of the local hospital.* 
Games: Run sheep run. 

Thirty-fourth Aim: To keep the Lads thinking in terms of Lent. 
Meeting Program: Lantern talk: "Jerusalem from the 

Caesars to General Allenby." 
Games: Relievo, Prisoner's base. 



Thirty-fifth 
Meeting 



Aim: To emphasize service during Lent. 

Program: Plan ways in which the Lads may 
earn money for a Lenten box: — collecting 
rags, rubber and paper to sell. Elect a 
committee. Tell the story of Palm Sunday. 
Games: Are you there; Cock fight; Prisoner's 
base. 



Thirty-sixth 
Meeting 
Holy Week 



Aim: To develop the Devotional side of "Four- 
square Men." 

Program: Attendance of the whole body of 
Lads at one of the evening services. 



^Consult hospital authorities. 



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Lads — Third Year Progr, 



Thirty-seventh Aim: To Leach the Lads to strive lo the last. 

Meeting Program: Final inter-team contests according 

to schedule. 
Games: 3 legged race; Obstacle race; Back- 
ward run; Indian club race; Throwing base- 
ball for distance: Relay race. 



Thirty-eighth 
Meeting 



Aim: To get every Lad into the game. 
Program: Hare and hounds. 



Thirty-ninth Aim: To check up the "Foursquare" program. 

Meeting • Program: Final reports of the Lads; suggestions 
by the Director of what a Lad might do 
during the summer to maintain his record. 
Games: Soccer ball. 

Fortieth Aim: To emphasize the need of practice in the 

Meeting making of a ball team. 

Program: Baseball practice. 



Section 4. Third Year Program 



First 

Meeting 



Second 
Meeting 



Aim: To get last year's group together. 
Program: Address of welcome by a Counselor 
or the King-elect. General outline of plans. 
Games: Relievo; Prisoner's base.* 

Aim: To instill loyalty and increase membership. 

Program: Look over the list of Church School 
pupils and get the names of eligibles and 
their addresses. Distribute the names and 
expect each Lad not only to call upon and 
invite the prospective member, but bring 
him to the next meeting. Emphasize that 
only boys in the Church School are eligible. 
Games: Soccer ball; Foot ball. 

Aim: To welcome new members and re-em- 
phasize for all Lads the meaning and place 
of The Order of Sir Galahad. 

Program: Have the Rector or Director give a 
talk on the history of the Court: what it 
stands for, what it does, its name, object, 
officers, membership, organization, badges, 
insignia, regalia, meetings, discipline, dues. 
Possibly application forms might be dis- 
tributed for the boys to bring back signed 
to the next meeting. 
Games: Target toss; Duck on the rock; 
Dodge ball. 

*For information about games, see Boy Scout Handbook, Galahad Edition. 



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Meeting 



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Fourth 
Meeting 



Fifth 
Meeting 



Sixth 

Meeting 

Seventh 
Meeting 



Eighth 
Meeting 

Ninth 
Meeting 



Tenth 

Meeting 



Aim: To explain the Coat of Arms. 
Program: A short talk on the different emblems 
in the Coat of Arms.* 
Games: Dodge ball; Prisoner's base. 

Aim: To start driving for the Devotional prin- 
ciples of "Foursquare Men."f 

Program: Receiving last year's records of 
Church School attendance and scholarship, 
also church attendance; setting a new- 
standard to work for. Give a short talk on 
prayer, suggesting that the Lads use the 
Lads' Prayer among their other prayers. 
Games: Single relay race; Run, sheep run. 

Aim: To admit candidates to the Degree of Lad. 
Program: Initiation. J 

Aim: To welcome new members and to create 

interest in the forthcoming Coronation. 
Program: Addresses of welcome by the Direc- 
tor and the retiring President of the Lads. 
Instruction in the responses; assignment of 
places; drill in the Galahad song.** 

Nominations for executive officers and 
Cabinet to be made and posted. 
Games: Foot ball; Soccer ball. 

Program: Coronation of the King;. 



Aim: To organize the Lads. 

Program: Election of officers: president, secre- 
tary, treasurer, Cabinet of six. 
Games: Single relay race; Ten pins; Foot ball. 

Aim: To make the Lads feel that they are re- 
sponsible for a good program. 

Program: A straw vote based on questions like 
the following: What meeting did you like 
best last year? What individual game do 
you most like to play? What team game do 
you most like to play? 
Games: Team games as selected by vote, 
which all are required to play. 



*See page xiv. 

fThorough acquaintance with the Handbook for Pioneers and the Manual 
for Leaders of Pioneers, A Program for Christian Citizenship Training, pub- 
lished by the Association Press, New York City, is necessary before a Leader 
can introduce those features of these Programs which relate to "Foursquare 
Men." The value of the method is so great that the Supreme Director and 
Council strongly recommend its incorporation into the program. 

JSee Chapter XI, Section 1. 

**See page xxiii. 



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Eleventh Aim: To dignify leadership within the Court. 

Meeting Program: The installation of officers and 

Cabinet with an address. 
Games: Foot ball; Volley ball. 

Twelfth Aim: To get the Lads to renew their interest in 

Meeting the Physical side of "Foursquare Men." 

Program: Reports on records made during the 
summer: height, weight, general health, 
athletic development. 
Games: Competitive tests in hand squeeze; 
Push up; Pull up; Chest expansion. 

Thirteenth Aim: To create enthusiasm for the Court. 

Meeting Program: Practicing Galahad yell, Degree 

yells, learning parody songs and the Galahad 

song. Become a singing Court. 
Games: Trial indoor track meet, to establish 

handicaps: 25-yard dash; 50-yard dash; 

Relay. 

Fourteenth Aim: To teach the Lads that some of their 

Meeting time ought to be given in service to the 

Church. 
Program: A work night: Have the Rector 
assign the Lads some piece of service.* 
Games: Trial indoor track meet; Standing 
broad jump; Running high jump; Running 
broad jump. 

BE SURE TO USE A THICK MAT, 
AS THE BOYS ARE LIKELY TO BE 
INJURED ON A BARE FLOOR. 

Aim: To emphasize loyalty to one's own group. 
Program: A short talk on "Playing the game." 
Games: Indoor handicap track meet, by 
picked teams. 

Aim: To develop the Social side of "Foursquare 

Men." 
Program: To organize the Lads as a church 

shovel brigade, ready to respond after the 

next snow storm. 
Games: Some definite piece of active service, — 

rolling, cutting, raking, digging, shoveling, 

chopping. 

Seventeenth Aim: To develop the Physical side of "Four- 

Meeting square Men." 

Program: A short talk: "Every boy can do 
something at it," or "Athletics, not to win 



Fifteenth 
Meeting 



Sixteenth 
Meeting 



*Consult the literature of the Church School Service Leagu< 



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Eighteenth 
Meeting 



prizes, but to eain the prize of a strong 
^ body." 

Games: Effort of two or three squads to im- 
prove under capable instruction in one of 
the following: Running high jump; Running 
broad jump. 

Aim: To interest the Lads in Wood Craft, as 
the section of the Point System to be 
covered this year. 



Program: Presentation of the Point System 
for the year: Wood Craft. Post a copy. 
Games: Badger game; Prisoner's base; Re- 
lievo. 

Nineteenth Aim: To encourage group play. 

Meeting Program: Election of captains, choosing of 

teams, explanation of inter-team schedule, 
each team to choose its college name and 
know the yell by the next meeting. 
Games: By teams: 25-yard dash; 50-yard 
dash; Relay. 

Twentieth Aim: To stimulate team spirit. 

Meeting Program: A talk on "Every man on the team 

must get out." Suggestion of ways in 
which the Lads may get out the team, using 
their interest to increase attendance. Each 
team to give its yell. 
Games: By teams, so averaging the result that 
each Lad's work counts for his team: Stand- 
ing broad jump; Running high jump; Run- 
ning broad jump. 

Twenty-first Am: To follow up the preliminary notices about 
Meeting the Point System and to connect Wood Craft 

with the Intellectual side of "Foursquare 
Men." 
Program: "Birds that stay with us during the 
winter," a talk illustrated by stereopticon or 
reflectoscope by a boy interested in the 
subject. 
Games: Indoor baseball; Teams A and B. 



Twenty-second 
Meeting 



Aim: To continue interest in Wood Craft. 

Program: "Our common rocks," a talk with 
exhibition of specimens as laid down in 
Wood Craft by some one who knows them.* 
Games: Indoor baseball; Teams C and D. 



*See Chapter XX, Section 2, 3. 

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Twenty-third Aim: lb check up the Devotional side of "Four- 
Meeting square Men." 

Program: Reports on Church attendance and 
Church School attendance. Why the Prayer 
Book is called the Book of Common Prayer. 
Suggestion that the Lads all sit together 
next Sunday. 
Games: By teams: Potato race; Passing the 
ball; Obstacle race; Relay (2 laps). 

Twenty-fourth Aim: To advance knowledge of and respect for 

Meeting the Flag and to connect such knowledge 

with the Social side of "Foursquare Men." 

Program: "Flag Day." Rules about respect 

to the Flag; The story of the first Flag 

Day; "What men have said on Flag Day," — 

presented by three Lads. 

Games: Taking the fort and flag; Snowball 

fight or climbing a mound, each side to 

attack and defend in turn; Flag race. 

Twenty-fifth Aim: To teach the Lads love of the open. 

Meeting Program: A hike into the woods to seek 

specimens of trees, to see and identify 
winter birds, perhaps to find a stone or two 
for the collection.* 



Twenty-sixth 

Mr rt ins. 



Twenty-seventh 
Meeting 



Aim: To interest the Lads in the woods. 

Program: Stories, especially of people who got 
lost and how they found their way out, 
illustrating the best methods, thus advanc- 
ing interest in the Point System. 
Games: Indoor baseball, between the winners 
of A, B and C, D. 

Aim: To check up the principles of "Foursquare 
Men," — Intellectual, Devotional and Social 
sides. 

Program: Have each Lad hand in his day- 
school report card and his Church School 
report card, or copies of them, and report 
on his attendance at church. The Lads to 
attend church once a month together. 
Challenge them with some fixed piece of 
service for the community, as sticking 
stamps, filling envelopes, folding leaflets. 
Games: Run sheep run; Relievo. 



Twenty-eighth Aim: To check up the Physical side of "Four- 
Meeting square Men." 

*See Wood Craft in the Point System, Chapter XX. Section 2, 3. 



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Program: Records of improvement. Illustrated 
talk on the get-away, breathing, the finish, 
by a Y. M. C. A. physical director. 
Games: A try-out of what has been taught, 
by groups under capable instructors. 

Twenty -ninth Aim: To increase interest in the Point System. 

Meeting Program: To receive tests from those who have 

some work completed. 
Games: Set out indoor games: Checkers, 
Parchesi, Ping Pong, Ten Pins and allow 
each Lad to choose according to his own 
interest. In the meantime provide oppor- 
tunity for Lads to take tests. 

Thirtieth Aim: To develop interest in the Galahad 

Meeting tradition. 

Program: The story of the Vision of Sir 

Galahad, told competitively by selected 

Lads. The story of Abbey's picture "The 

Vow of Knighthood," told by the Director.* 

Games of chivalry: Jousts; Tilting; Archery. 

Thirty-first Aim: To lead the Lads to read stories of knight- 

Meeting hood. 

Program: Competitive story telling, for a prize 
worth real effort, books of stories having 
been supplied to those entering. 
Games: Jousting; Pillow fight on horseback; 
Wrestling on horseback; Horseback races. 
(A boy on all fours takes the part of the 
horse.) 



Thirty-second 
Meeting 
Previous to 
Ash 
Wednesday 



Thirty-third 
Meeting 



Aim: To emphasize that the Court should 
support the Lenten services of the Church 
School. 

Program: A talk by the Rector explaining the 
meaning of Ash Wednesday, and outlining 
group methods of attending Church School 
Lenten services. 
Games: Skin the snake; Antelope race; Cock 
fighting. 

Aim: To give the Lads an interest in boys of 

other lands. 
Program: An illustrated talk on China by a 

Chinese young man from a University 

center. 
Games: Soccer ball. 



*See Chapter III, Section 1. 



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Thirty-fourth 
Meeting. 



Thirty- fifth 
Meeting 



Thirty-sixth 
Meeting 



Thirty-seventh 
Meeting 
Holy Week 



Thirty-eighth 
Meeting 



Thirty-ninth 
Meeting 

Fortieth 
Meeting 



Aim: To accomplish a real piece of service dur- 
ing Lent, as the Social side of "Foursquare 
Men." 

Program: Meeting some wants of a Children's 
Hospital with picture postals, jigsaw 
puzzles. 
Games: Run sheep run; Prisoner's base. 

Aim: To keep the Lads thinking in terms of 

Lent. 
Program: Illustrated lecture on "Life of Living- 
stone." 
Games: Soccer ball. 

Aim: To complete what has been undertaken. 

Program: Final records in "Foursquare Men." 
Encourage effort in the principles of "Four- 
square Men" during the summer. Final 
records and tests in the Point System. 
Games: Soccer ball. 

Aim: To develop the Devotional side of "Four- 
square Men." 

Program: To attend in a body one of the 
evening services. 

Aim: To lead the teams to strive to the last for 
position. 

Program: Final inter-team contests. 

Games: Three-legged race; Obstacle race 
(serious); Obstacle race (humorous); Back- 
ward run; Indian club race; Throwing base 
ball for distance; Relay race. 

Aim: To get every Lad out into the open. 
Program: Hike; Hare and hounds. 

Aim: To get base ball under way. 
Program: Base ball practice. 



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CHAPTER XIV 
PROGRAMS FOR PAGES 

Section 1. First Year Program. 
Section 2. Second Year Program. 
Section 3. Third Year Program. 



CHAPTER XIV 



Programs for Pages 



Section 1. First Year Program 

First Aim: To get the Pages together. 

Meeting Program: Stories by boys of their summer 

vacations. Talk on plans for the coming 
year. Refreshments. 
Games: Football. 




Second 
Meelin i 



Aim: Every Page to bring a Page. 

Program: Look over the list of Church School 
pupils and get the names of eligibles and 
their addresses. Distribute the names and 
expect each Page not only to call upon and 
invite the prospective member, but bring 
him to the next meeting. Emphasize that 
only boys in the Church School are eligible. 
Games: Football. 



Third Aim: To welcome prospective members. 

Meeting Program: Have the Rector or Director give a 

talk on the history of the Court; what it 
stands for, what it does, its name, object, 
officers, membership, organization, badges, 

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insignia, regalia, meetings, discipline, dues. 
Possibly application forms might be dis- 
tributed for the boys to bring back signed 
to the next meeting. 
Games: Football; Prisoner's base.* 

Fourth Aim: To explain the Motto of the Degree. f 

Meeting Program: By illustration, explanation and 

stories make clear what the Motto means. 
Games: Soccer ball, Football, Relievo. 



Fifth ^ 
Meeting 



Sixth 
Meeting 

Seventh- 
Meeting 



Eighth 
Meeting 

Ninth 
Meeting 



Tenth 
Meeting 



Aim: To teach the Prayer of the Degree, % and 
to prepare for the Coronation.** 

Program: A collective drill on the Prayer with 
explanations and illustrations of individual 
phrases. Learning responses for the Corona- 
tion. 
Games: Target toss; Horsehoes; Stoop tag. 

Aim: To prepare the Pages to understand the 

deeper meanings involved in membership. 
Program: Vigil. tf 

Aim: To admit candidates to the Degree of 

Page. 
Program: Initiation. %% 

Program: Coronation of the King. 

Aim: To organize the Pages. 

Program: Nomination of officers: president, 
secretary, treasurer, Cabinet of six. Nomi- 
nations to be posted one week. 
Games: By scrub teams: Single relay race; 
Ten pins. 

Aim: To dignify in the minds of the Pages the 
importance and privilege of leadership. 

Program: Installation of officers and Cabinet 
with an address on "Leadership." 
Games: Run off 25-yard dash. 50-yard dash; 
Relay. 



Eleventh 
Meeting 



Aim: To interest the Pages in the winter's 
program. 



*For information about games, see Bov Scout Handbook, Galahad Edition. 

tSee Chapter XI, Section 2. 

JSee page 126. 

**See Chapter VIII. 

tfSee Chapter X, Section 1. 

ttSee Chapter XI, Section 2. 



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Twelfth 

Meeting 



Thirteenth 
Meeting. 



Pages — First Year Program 

Program: Talks by Pages on "The night I 
liked best last year." Straw vote based on 
following kinds of questions: 
The talk I liked best. 
The indoor game I liked best 
The outdoor game I liked best. 
Games: By scrub teams: Basket ball relay; 
Straddle relay; Sack race; Obstacle race 
(humorous); Obstacle race (serious). 

Aim: To encourage team play. 

Program: A short talk on what team play- 
may accomplish. Election of captains, 
choosing of teams, explanation of inter- 
team contests. 
Games: By teams: 25-yard dash; 50-yard 
dash; Relay. 

Aim: To start a drive for "Foursquare Men." 
Program: An explanation by a Y. M. C. A. 

Secretary of the Christian Citizenship 
Training Program emphasizing the idea of 
"Foursquare Men."* 
Games: By teams, so averaging the result 
that each Page's work counts for his team: 
Standing broad jump; Running high jump; 
Running broad jump. 

Aim: To lead the Pages to value education. 

setting forward the Intellectual side of 

"Foursquare Men." 
Program: "The Real Value of an Education," 

presented by a speaker interesting to boys. 
Games: Indoor baseball, between teams A 

and B. 

Aim: To keep the idea of going to college in 
the mind of the Pages. 

Program: Talks on "My College," by Galahad 
boys or others home on vacation. Suggest 
that the teams choose college names and 
be prepared to give the college yell. 
Games: Indoor baseball between teams C 
and D. 

Aim: To emphasize loyalty to the Court and 
to the Degree. 

*Thorough acquaintance with the Handbook for Pioneers and the Manual 
for Leaders of Pioneers, A Program for Christian Citizenship Training, pub- 
lished by the Association Press, New York City, is necessary before a Leader 
can introduce those features of these Programs which relate to "Foursquare 
Men." The value of the method is so great that the Supreme Director and 
Council strongly recommend its incorporation into the program. 



Fourteenth 
Meeting 



Fifteenth 
Meeting 



Sixteenth 
Meeting 



111 



Pages — First Year Program 



Program: Practicing Galahad yell; Degree 
yells; Team yells; learning Galahad song; 
parody songs. Try to create a singing Court. 
Talk on "Cheering the team." 
Games: By teams: 25-yard dash; 50-yard 
dash; Relay. 



Seventeenth 
Meeting 



Eighteenth 
Meeting 



Nineteenth 
Meeting 



Twentieth 
Meeting 



Twenty-first 
Meeting 



Aim: To connect the Court and the Church, 

developing the Social side of "Foursquare 

Men." 
Program: A piece of definite service arranged 

with the Rector: filling envelopes, stamping 

envelopes, sorting pamphlets. 
Games: Black and white; Rolling target; 

Saddle the nag; Slipper slap. 

Aim: To present the challenge of Bible reading 
as part of the Devotional side of "Four- 
square Men." 

Program: A talk on John R. Mott's "Bible 
Study for Personal Growth." 
Games: Indoor track meet; Running broad 
jump; Standing broad jump; Running 
high jump. 

BE SURE TO USE A THICK MAT — 
THE BOYS ARE LIKELY TO BE IN- 
JURED ON A BARE FLOOR. 

Aim: To emphasize habits of health, developing 
the Physical side of "Foursquare Men." 

Program: A talk on "Habits of Health."* 
Explanation of the Physical side of "Four- 
square Men." 
Games: Opportunity to improve on present 
standards under capable instruction. Run- 
ning broad jump; Running high jump. 

Aim: To introduce Scout Craft as the section of 
the Point System to be covered this year. 

Program: The simpler knots illustrated by a 
First Class Scout with the assistance of 
other Scouts as instructors of groups. 
Games: Antelope race; Badger pulling; Poison; 
Swat the fly. 

Aim: To interest the Pages in the compass, 
setting forward that section of Scout Craft. 
Program: A talk on compasses with practice in 
boxing the compass. 
Games: By teams: Knot-tying races. 



*See O'Shca and Kellogg's "Health Habits 
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Aim: To make the Pages familiar with the 

simpler bandages. 
Program: An illustrated talk on simpler 

bandages, roller, spiral, spiral reversed, arm 

sling, triangular, head, arm, splint, by a 

Red Cross nurse. 
Games: Cock fight; Indian wrestling; Relievo. 

Aim: To follow up the instruction in bandaging. 
Program: Have the Pages demonstrate differ- 
ent bandages on other boys. 
Games: Indoor baseball between the winners 
of A, B and C, D. 

Aim: To introduce the Morse Code. 

Program: A talk by a veteran of the Signal 
Corps in the Great War on uses of wig- 
wagging. 
Games: Elementary instruction in the Morse 
Code. 

Aim: To stimulate interest in learning the 

Morse Code. 
Program: A demonstration of a wireless outfit 

by a Page or an Esquire. 
Games: Use the Boy Scouts of America 

Morse Code game. 

Aim: To stimulate interest in learning the 
Morse Code by team contests. 

Program: Contests by teams in sending a 

prepared list of letters by wig-wagging. 

Games: Basketball between teams A and C. 

Twenty-seventh Aim: To increase interest in the Morse Code by 
Meeting further team contests. 

Program: Contests by teams in sending a 

series of prepared messages by wig-wagging. 

Games: Basketball between teams B and D. 

Twenty-eighth Aim: To close a chapter in Scout Craft, as 
Meeting a section of the Point System and develop- 

ing "Foursquare Men." 
Program and Games: Set out table games, as 
Ping pong, Checkers, Parchesi, open to boys 
as soon as they have taken their tests. 

In the meantime have a good corps of 
able Scouts from outside Troops give tests 
in knots, compass, bandages and the Morse 
Code. 

Twenty-ninth Aim: To "Be prepared" to help others in time 
Meeting of accident as part of Scout Craft develop- 

ing "Foursquare Men." 



Twenty-second 
Meeting 



Twenty-third 
Meeting 



Twenty-fourth 
Meeting 



Twenty-fifth 
Meeting 



Twenty-sixth 
Meeting 



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Program: A talk by a competent physician 
on "First Aid for the Injured," including 
sunburn, burns, nosebleed, fainting, fits, 
sprains, dislocation, snake bite and dog bite. 
Games: Basketball, finals between winners of 
A and C and B and D. 



Thirtieth Aim: To urge a deeper interest in the Lenten 

Meeting services of the Church School. 

Previous to Program: A short talk by the Rector urging 

Ash the Pages' co-operation in the Lenten 

Wednesday services. 

Games: Outdoor track meet by teams. 25- 
yard dash, 50-yard dash, Running high 
jump, Running broad jump. 



Thirty-first 

Meeting 



Thirty-second 
Meeting 



Thirty-third 
Meeting 



Thirty-fourth 

Meeting 



Aim: To make the Scout Oath real to the Pages. 

Program: Illustration with a good speaker, by 
story and example of the meaning of the 
Scout Oath, by a Scoutmaster. 
Games: Basketball by teams with twenty- 
minute periods. 

Aim: To introduce the Semaphore Code. 
Program: A talk on the difference between the 

Morse and the Semaphore Codes. Drill in 

the Semaphore Code. 
Games: Volley ball between teams A and B. 

Aim: To instruct further in the Semaphore 

Code. 
Program: Drill in the Semaphore Code by 
groups. 
Games: Volley ball between teams C and D. 

Aim: To show that obedience to the Scout 

Law builds "Foursquare Men." 
Program: A talk on the Scout Law. 

Games: Volley ball finals between winners of 
A and B, C and D. 



Thirty- fifth Aim: To keep the Pages in the spirit of Lent. 

Meeting Program: Illustrated lecture by a missionary. 

Mention of service through mite boxes. 

Games: Outdoor track meet. Standing broad 

jump; Throwing ball for distance; Weight 

throwing; Three-legged race. 

Thirty-sixth Aim: To have the Pages worship together. 

Meeting Program: Attendance, in place of the regular 

Holy Week meeting, at a week-day evening service. 



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Thirty-seventh 

Meeting 



Thirty-eighth 
Meeting 



Thirty-ninth 
Meeting 



Aim: To complete the Point System for the year. 

Program: Checking up the work covered and 

completing the tests. 

Games: Outdoor track meet by teams; Hoop 

race; Hopping race, 25 yards on one foot; 

Leap frog race; Skin the snake. 

Aim: To mark progress as "Foursquare Men." 
Program: Handing in records and charting 

progress. 
Games: Outdoor track meet by teams: Relay 

(humorous); Obstacle race; Regular relay — 

2 laps. 

Aim: To awaken the Pages' interest in camping. 
Program: An illustrated talk on camping. 
Games: Soccer ball; Baseball. 



Fortieth Aim: Everybody to do something. 

Meeting Program: Members' stunt night, by groups and 

individuals. 

Awards to the highest team and highest 

individual score. 



Section 2. Second Year Program 

First Aim: To get last year's Pages together. 

Meeting Program: An address of welcome by Counselor 

or the King-elect. General outline of plans. 
Every Page to bring a Page. Look over the 
list of Church School pupils and get the 
names of eligibles and their addresses. Dis- 
tribute the names and expect each Page not 
only to call and invite the prospective mem- 
ber, but bring him to the next meeting. 
Emphasize that only boys in the Church 
School are eligible. 
Games: Prisoner's base; Relievo.* 

Second Aim: To welcome prospective members. 

Meeting Program: Have the Rector or the Director give 

a talk on the history of the Court, what it 
stands for, what it does, its name, object, 
officers, membership, organization, badges, 
insignia, regalia, meetings, discipline and 
dues. Possibly application forms might be 
distributed for the boys to bring back 
signed to the next meeting. - 
Games: Football. 

*For information about games, see Boy Scout Handbook, Galahad Edition. 



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Third Vim: To explain to new Pages as well as to 

Meeting emphasize for old Pages the meaning of 

the Coat of Arms, the Motto and the 
Pages' Prayer.* 
Program: By explanation, illustration and 
stories to present in interesting ways the 
Coat of Arms, the Motto and the Prayer. 
Games: Football. 

fourth Aim: To drill in the Pages' Prayer, Galahad 

Meeting Song, and Galahad Quest, f in view of 

Initiation. 



Fifth 
JMeetin ? 



Program: A collective drill on the Pages' 
Prayer. By explanation, illustration and 
stories to interest boys in the Galahad 
Quest. Drill in the Quest. Practice the 
Galahad Song. 
Games: Football; Soccer ball. 

Aim: To admit candidates to the Degree of 
Page. 

Program: Initiation.! 



Sixth Aim: To welcome new members and to instruct 

Meeting the Pages as to their part in the coronation 

of the King. 

To introduce the Point System. 
Program: Instruction in responses and assign- 
ment of places, with drill in the Galahad 
Song. 

Nominations for executive officers and 
Cabinet, names to be posted for one week. 
Explanation of Point System, System 
of Awards and introducing Church Craftj 
as the section of the Point System to be 
covered this year. 
Games: Football: Soccer ball. 



Seventh 
Meeting 



Aim: To organize the Pages and to outline 
Church Craft. 

Program: Election of officers: president, secre- 
tary, treasurer and Cabinet of six. Choose 
captains and teams. Give copies or post a 
copy of Church Craft, and suggest the im- 
portance of records in Church School. 
Games: Football between teams A and B; 
Soccer ball between teams C and D. 



*See page 125. 

fSee page 89. 

JSee Chapter XI, Section 2. 

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Eighth 
Meeting 

Ninth 
Meeting. 



Packs Second Year Progra 



Coronation of the King. 

Aim: To show the value of team play. 
Program: A blackboard talk on signals and 
team plays in football. 
Games: Football between C and D; Soccer 
ball between A and B. 

Tenth Aim: To introduce the principles of "Foursquare 

Meeting Men."* 

Program: A talk on how much more the idea 
of "Foursquare Men" can mean this year. 
Looking over last year's records. 
Games: Opportunity for Pages to check up 
their records on the Physical side, including 
iumping, running, chest measurement, 
height. 

Eleventh Aim: To teach that the Club ought to serve the 

Meeting Church, as part of the Social side of "Four- 

square Men." 
Program: A work night. Obtain an assign- 
ment of work from the Rector, a piece of 
work definitely concerned with the Parish, 
which is the inner circle of the Five Fields 
of Service. f 

Twelfth Aim: To urge the importance of day school work 

Meeting as directly concerned with the Intellectual 

side of "Foursquare Men." 
Program: A discussion of school, study at home, 
value of marks, schedule of study, import- 
ance of looking towards entering High 
School. How school standing affects the 
chart of "Foursquare Men." 
Games: Soccer ball finals between winners of 
A, B and C, D. 

Thirteenth Aim: To emphasize the value of daily prayer, 

Meeting as developing the Devotional side of "Four- 

square Men." 
Program: A talk by the Rector on a boy's 
prayer. Have different boys tell what 
prayers they use. Suggest use of a new 
prayer. \ 

*Thorough acquaintance with the Handbook for Pioneers and the Manual 
for Leaders of Pioneers, A Program for Christian Citizenship Training, pub- 
lished by the Association Press, New York City, is necessary befoie a Leader 
can introduce those features of these Programs which relate to "Foursquare 
Men." The value of the method is so great that the Supreme Director and 
Council strongly recommend its incorporation into the program. 

fSee Withers, "In the Service of the King." 

JSee Chapter VII. 



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Pages Second V ear Progr 



/ ourtecnth Aim . To gn e mcmoi \ tesl 8 in ( !hur< h Craft. 

Meeting Program: Memorj testa in groups bj membi n 
i .l i he ( ' . 1 1 > 1 1 1 < i . I ii', i ni( i i he leadei b pre 
\ iousl \ ai to Bta ndai da a nd mel hoda i il 
in. 1 1 king 
Games: A shorl bla< kboard talk on basket 
ball, followed by twenty minute periods be 
t ween tei i A, B and C, I ), undei a capabl 



Fifteenth 
Meeting 



Si Kteenth 
Meeting. 



Seventeenth 
Meeting. 



Eighteenth 
Meeting 



\im .- To in:, i rucl i he Pages in heall h habil a aa a 
pari oi the equipmenl ol "Foursquare Men." 

Program : A n illusl rated l all< on I he care "I 

i he teel h by a denl al sui g 

( James: Beginning of team < ontests in baskel - 
ball, each team to plaj every other team 
twice during the year. Begin with twenty 
minute halves between A, B and C, D, each 
to pla \ i he i emaining hall a I l he nexl 
meel ing. 

Aim: To lead the Pages into an expression of 
.ii \ i( c in i he ( lommunil y, l he second i il 
i he Five Fields ol Chi isl ian sei vi< e, as pai I 
i.l the Social side ol "Foursquare Men.' 1 

Program :■ Pla nning a Christmas baskel h u a 
family 01 two, perha ps bj l ea ms. Plan i < > 
give a Christmas party to boys ol l heir own 
age in the community, 
Games: Second hall ol basketball game be- 
gun al i he lasl meel ing, bel ween K, B and 
C, I). 

Aim: To interesl the Pages in the history ol 
the Parish, as pari ol Church Craft. 

Program : An illusl i ated talk abi iul l he Pai ish , 
its purpi ise, ii • Re< tors, its \ esl rj , its 
societies, its growth, its opportunities, and 
the i ontribution the Club can make to its 
life. 
Games: Indoor track meel bj teams." 
Straddle relaj ; Ovei the top; tn and oui ; 
( >vei and under; Basketball relaj . 



Vim: To carrj oui the 

mas partj . 
Prog b a m i Enterti 

ktoud "I boys, Si 



lam Foi a boj ■' Ch 



Nineteenth 
Meeting 



Vim: To atari l he Pages thin king ol ol hei s a nd 
how they mighl serve in the third ol the 
Five Fields ol Ben ice, the Dio< esi 



' ',. , p ,; , 'II.', 'Ill 



\l mmi.iI "I'm, 



P vges Second Year Progr \m 

Program : \.n illusl i ated le< ture on Missii in 
in i li«' I )iocese : worl< being d< >nc Foi boj s 
and '.'ii Is, i he woi k ol I he chaplain "I re 
Formatory schools; playgrounds, hospitals 
pi isons. I )iscussii m "l w a \ s i >l helping and 
I ■ 'i miil.ii ion of plans. 
( l am is : Baskel ball b\ tea ms, carrj ing i m i he 
schedule ol twentj minute halves between 
A, C and B, I), the second half to be played 
later. 

Twentieth \iu: To continue interesi in the Galahad 

Meeting tradition. 

Program: Tell the story of the Sieve Perilous. 
\ppoini lio\ s to tell sioi ies ol chivalry •' ' 
nexl meeting. 
Games: Second half of basketball game be 
gun al lasi meeting between A, C and R, D. 

Twenty first \\w. To develop interesi in tales of chivalry, 
Meeting and through self-expression develop the 

Intellectual side of "Foursquare Men." 
Program: Have the appointed boys tell 
stories oi chivalry. Tell the story oi the 
"I )epai i me of i he K riighl s on I he Quesl ol 
i lie Hoi)' Grail." 
Games: [ndoor track meet by teams; Joust- 
ing; Wresl ling; K unning, 

Twenty second Vim: To train the Pages in public speaking and 
Meeting principles ol debate, as part of the In 

telleci ual side of " Foui square Men." 
Program: A debate on some public issue by 
tea ms A and B; discussion bj all 
Games: Basketball by teams, carrying on the 
schedule oi twenty-minute halves between 
A, I) and B, (', the second hali to I"- played 
later. 
Twenty-third Vim: To illustrate legal procedure, as a pari ol 
Meeting the Intellectual side <>i "Foursquare Men." 

Program : A mock i rial. 
Games: Second half ol basketball game bi 
gun ai lasi meeting between A, I) and B, C. 

Twenty-fourth Aim: To develop observation as a pari ol the 
Meeting Intellectual side of "Foursquare Men." 

Program: A lecture, illustrated if possible, on 
"Casual observatons thai have led to 
Inventions," the story of steam power, with 

a statement of some unsolved problems. 
Games: Indoor track meel In teams; 25-yard 

dash; 50 yard dash; Running broad jump; 

Running high pimp. 

23*5 




THE SIEGE PERILOUS 

From Bald;cin'.< "Story of the King.'" Copyright, by Per mission of the American 
Book Company. Publishers 



Pages— Second Year Program 



Twenty-fifth Aim: To awaken interest in college. 
Meeting Program: A pilgrimage to the nearest college 

on a Saturday. 

Twenty-sixth Aim: To catch up on the Point System. 
Meeting Program: A written test on Church Craft. 

Games: Indoor track meet by teams; Obstacle 
race (serious); Obstacle race (humorous); 
Regular relay, two laps. 

Twenty-seventh Aim: To enlarge the Pages' knowledge of the 
Meeting stars. 

Program: An evening on the roof with tele- 
scope and a good instructor. 
No games. 

Twenty-eighth Aim: To interest the Pages in the Church School 
Meeting Lenten program. 

Previous to Program: A talk by the Rector on a boy's 

Ash devotions and his allegiance to Christ 

Wednesday through the services of the Church. 

Games: Outdoor track meet by teams; 
Throwing baseball for distance; Punting 
football for distance; Drop kicking for dis- 
tance; Forward passing football for distance. 

Twenty-ninth Aim: To awaken interest in art. 
Meeting Program: A Saturday pilgrimage to an Art 

Museum with a guide. 

Thirtieth Aim: To teach the Pages the value of cultured 

Meeting surroundings. 

Program: Accept an invitation to the Rector's 
home or the home of some parishioner. Try 
to get one who has some hobby to talk on, 
or curios to show. 

Thirty-first Aim: To teach every Page to be proud of his 

Meeting mother. 

Program: An evening when each Page brings 
his mother to the Club as the guest of the 
Degree, the Director receiving, and the 
Pages providing the evening's entertain- 
ment. 

Thirty-second Aim: To teach the Pages to keep a course 
Meeting in the woods and to follow a trail. 

Program: A holiday hike in the woods. 

Games: Paper chase; Building fires without 
matches; Taking the fort; Treasure hunt; 
Hide and seek; Stalking; Trailing. 

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Pages — Second Year Program 



Thirty-third 
Meeting 



Thirty-fourth 

Meeting 



Aim: To know the city's industries, as part of 
vocational training. 

Program: An afternoon visit under trained 
leadership and by arrangement to cream- 
eries, boot factories, newspaper offices, found- 
ries. 

Aim: To continue practical interest in Lent 
and Missions, through an interest in the 
fourth of the Five Fields of Service, the 
Nation, developing the Social side of "Four- 
square Men." 

Program: An illustrated lecture on the "South- 
ern Whites," or the "Indian Reservations," 
or the "Problems of the Negro." Suggest 
that a box of useful articles for boys be 
given by the Pages, such as books, games, 
pictures, clothing. 
Games: Continuation outdoor track meet by 
teams; Standing broad jump; Running broad 
jump; Running high jump; Shot put; Hop, 
step, jump. 

Aim: To have the Pages attend one service in 
Holy Week as a group, in place of the 
regular Club meeting. 

Program: Attendance at service. 

Aim: To conclude the Point System for the 
year; to check up on "Foursquare Principles." 

Program: Opportunity to take tests under 
efficient leaders in the Point System, hand- 
ing in charts of "Foursquare Men." 
Games: Ten minute halves of basketball be- 
tween A, B and C, D; A, C and B, D; 
A, D and B, C. 

Aim: To complete the Five Fields of Service, 
by drawing attention to some need of the 
World. 

Program: An illustrated lecture on the edu- 
cational advantages of Chinese boys, with 
possible discussion of ways in which the 
Pages can help. 
Games: Chinese games.* 

Thirty-eighth Aim: To teach the necessity of practice to 
Meeting "make a team." - 

Program: Saturday morning baseball practice. 
Games: Baseball teams, five innings, A, B; 
C, D. 



Thirty-fifth 
Meeting 
Holy Week 



Thirty-sixth 
Meeting 



Thirty- seventh 
Meeting 



*Write to the Publicity Department, Church Missions House, 281 Fourth 
Avenue, New York City. 



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Pages — Third Year Program 



Thirty-ninth Aim: To interest the Pages in camping. 
Meeting Program: A talk on camping and a practical 

outfit for campers. A talk on "Aspects of 

Camp Craft." 
Games: Final outdoor track meet; Standing 

hop; Running hop; Hoop race; Three 

running broad jumps; Obstacle relay; 

Regular relay. 

Fortieth Aim: To announce the results of the year's 

Meeting . work and play. 

Program: Announcements of results of the 
Point System, "Foursquare Men," teams, 
and individual scores, the prizes to be 
given at the annual banquet. 
Games: Cricket; Volley ball. 



Section 3. Third Year Program 

First Aim: To get last year's Pages together. 

Meeting Program: An address of welcome by a Coun- 

selor or the King-elect. General outline of 
plans. 
Games: Football, Volley ball* 



Second 
Meeting 



Third 

Meeting 



Fourth 
Meeting 



Aim: Every Page to bring a Page. 

Program: Look over the list of Church School 
pupils and get the names of eligibles and 
their addresses. Distribute the names and 
expect each Page not only to call upon and 
invite the prospective member, but bring 
him to the next meeting. Emphasize that 
only boys in the Church School are eligible. 
Possibly application forms might be distri- 
buted for the boys to bring back signed to 
the next meeting. 
Games: Football, Soccer ball, Foot hockey. 

Aim: To explain and re-emphasize many things. 

Program: By illustration, explanation and 
stories present in an interesting manner 
the Pages' Motto, the Coat of Arms, the 
Galahad Quest, f the Prayer; and to practice 
the Galahad Song. 
Games: Football; Volley ball. 

Aim: To admit candidates to the Degree of Page. 
Program: Initiation.! 



*For information about games, see Boy Scout Handbook, Galahad Edition. 

fSee page 89. 

JSee Chapter XI, Section 2. 



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Pages — Third Year Program 



Fifth Aim: To welcome new members and to instruct 

Meeting the Pages in their part of the Coronation of 

the King. To introduce Athletic Craft as 
the section of the Point System to be covered 
through the year. 
Program: Instruction in responses; assignment 
of places and drill in the Galahad Song. 

Nominations for executive officers and 
Cabinet to be made and posted. 

Explanation of the Point System for the 
year, i. e., Athletic Craft, and the system of 
awards. 
Games: A short blackboard talk on football 
tactics followed by dummy scrimmage or 
game. 

Sixth Aim: To set forward Athletic Craft, the section 

Meeting of the Point System to be covered this year, 

connecting it with the Physical side of 

"Foursquare Men."* 

Program: Explanation of the principles of 
"Foursquare Men." Bring out last year's 
charts, giving an opportunity for setting 
standards. 
Games: Records of chest expansion, weight, 
height. Take tests in Athletic Craft in 
push-ups; pull-ups; shinnying a tree.f 

Seventh Aim: To organize the Pages and outline the 

Meeting Social side of "Foursquare Men" in con- 

nection with the Five Fields of Service. 
Program: Explanation of the Five Fields of 
Service and formulation of plans to serve in 
each of these fields. A definite piece of 
service within the Parish assigned by the 
Rector as service to the Church: distribut- 
ing parents' letter, folding pamphlets, 
stamping letters, raking church grounds, 
painting kneeling benches. Election of 
executive officers: president, secretary, 
treasurer, Cabinet of six. 
Games: Football by teams A and B; Soccer 
ball by teams C and D; Foot hockey. 

Eighth 

Meeting Coronation of the King. 

^Thorough acquaintance with the Handbook for Pioneers and the Manual 
for Leaders of Pioneers, A Program for Christian Citizenship Training, pub- 
lished by the Association Press, New York City, is necessary before a Leader 
can introduce those features of these Programs which relate to "Foursquare 
Men." The value of the method is so great that the Supreme Director and 
Council strongly recommend its incorporation into the program. 

fSee Pioneers' Manual, Association Press, p. 1, ff. 

240 



Pages — Third Year Program 

Ninth Aim: To carry on last year's interest in the 

Meeting Galahad tradition, and through self-expres- 

sion to develop the Intellectual side of 
"Foursquare Men." 
Program: The story of the Vision of Sir Gala- 
had, the Vow of Knighthood, the Siege 
Perilous, the Departure, told by selected 
Pages. 
Games: Games of ancient times: Jousting; 
Hand-wrestling; Wrestling; Boxing; Knight 
errantry.* 

Tenth Aim: To teach the nature of Civic Government, 

Meeting and through self-expression to develop the 

Intellectual side of "Foursquare Men." 
Program: A council of "city fathers" with a 
live issue to debate: — the streets, the elec- 
tric car system. 
Games: Football between teams C and D; 
Soccer ball between teams A and B; Indoor 
shinny. 

Eleventh Aim: To stir up interest in college, and to 

Meeting set forward the Social side of "Foursquare 

Men" through the second of the Five 
Fields of Service, the Community. 
Program: A talk by Galahad boys or others of 
the Parish who are home from college; the 
choosing of college names for teams; learn- 
ing college yells. Planning a Thanksgiving 
basket for a designated family. 
Games: Football and Soccer finals between 
winners of series (possibly on Thanksgiving 
Day). 

Twelfth Aim: To teach that any American boy may 

Meeting become President of the United States. 

Program: An illustrated lecture on the boy life 
of American Presidents. 
Games: Begin indoor track meet by teams; 
Peanut race; Backward run; Three-legged 
race; Frog race. 

Thirteenth Aim: To awaken interest in self-made men. 

Meeting Program: The story of Edison's boyhood. 

Games: Continue indoor track meet by teams. 
Hop, step and jump; Three running broad 
jumps; Standing broad jump; Running 
broad jump; 25-yard dash. 

*See Scout Handbook, Galahad Edition, p. 413. 

241 



Pages — Third Year Program 



Fourteenth 

Meeting 



Aim: To lead the Pages to see that every boy 
can contribute to the program. 



Program: A stunt night by members. 

Games: Basketball by teams A, B and C, 



D. 



Fifteenth Aim: To awaken interest in the life of a sailor. 

Meeting Program: Illustrated lecture or movie on the 

Navy. A group to give a hornpipe dance, a 

group to sing chanties. 
Games: Sailors' games; Knot-tying races; 

Tug-of-war by teams. 

Sixteenth Aim: To teach the Pages that the care of the 

Meeting body is a part of the responsibility of 

"Foursquare Men." 
Program: A talk on "Exercise and Health."* 
Games: Basketball by teams A, C and B, D. 

Seventeenth Aim: To check up the Pages' Devotional life. 

-Meeting Program: A talk on "Jesus Christ as a Boy's 

Comrade."! 
Games: Indoor baseball between teams A, C 

and B, D. 

Eighteenth Aim: To give the Pages some idea of vocations 

Meeting open to them. 

Program: A talk based on Weaver-Byler's 
"Profitable Vocations for Boys." 
Games: Indoor track meet continued. Back- 
ward jump; Running hop; Standing hop; 
Two standing broad jumps; 50-yard dash. 

Nineteenth Aim: To introduce the Pages to their city's 

Meeting industries as part of vocational training. 

Program: A visit under competent leadership 

and by arrangement, to steel foundries, boot 

factory or collar factory. 



Twentieth Aim: To complete so far as possible Athletic 

Meeting Craft, and to learn the names of the parts 

of the church building and its furniture. 
Program: A pilgrimage to see the parts of the 
church building and its furniture. 
Games: Set out games, as Parchesi, Ping 
pong, Checkers, Pool, allowing each Page 
to choose according to his interest; in the 
meantine provide opportunity for the 
Pages to take tests in Athletic Craft. 



*See Hutchison's book of this title, Association Press. 
tSee Brown, "Jesus the Joyous Comrade," Association Pre: 



242 



Pages — Third Year Program 



Twenty-first Aim: To set forward the Social side of "Four- 
Meeting square Men" through the third of the Five 

Fields of Service, — the Diocese. 
Program: "What is being done for Boys," as 
told by a representative of a Home Society; 
organization of a Junk committee that will 
collect and sell junk for the Pages in order 
to make an offering for the society. 
Games: Indoor baseball by teams A, B and 
C, D. 



Twenty-second Aim: To teach every Page to swim. 

Meeting Program: Arrange with the Y. M. C. A. for 

use of their tank and a good instructor in 

swimming. 



Twenty-third 
Meeting 



Twenty-fourth 
Meeting 



Aim: To show what the boys learned from the 

Church pilgrimage. 
Program: A written examination. 

Games: Volley ball by teams A, D and B, C. 

Aim: To enlist the Pages in the "Quest of the 
True" and to provide opportunity for self- 
expression along the lines of "Foursquare 
Men." 

Program: A series of talks by boys on 

(a) What is meant by being true? 

(b) Can a boy always be true? e. g., If 
a lie would save a life is it right to lie? 
followed by discussion. Six stories of men 
or boys who' have been true when to be 
true meant the sacrifice of advantages, of 
position or of riches. 

Games: Volley ball between teams A, B and 
C, D. 



Twenty-fifth Aim: To enlist the Pages' interest in the pro- 
Meeting tection of birds. 

Program: An illustrated lecture on birds, their 
value and methods of their protection. 
Games: Basketball finals between the winners 
of A, B and C, D. 

Twenty-sixth Aim: To increase in the Pages a love of the 
Meeting open. 

Program: A holiday hike in the woods with 
special attention to the birds. 
Games: Relievo; Taking the fort; Paper chase. 

Twenty-seventh Aim: To interest the Pages in collecting and 
Meeting classifying. 

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Pages — Third Year Program 

Program: A talk by one of the Pages on his 
stamp collection, with an exhibit and an 
opportunity to trade. 
Games: Finals in Volley ball. 

Twenty-eighth Aim: To interest the Pages in nature. 

Meeting Program: An illustrated lecture on snakes, 

their value and their habits. 
Games: Indoor basketball finals between 

winner of series. 

Twenty-ninth Aim: To lead the Pages to be kind to dumb 
Meeting animals. 

Program: An illustrated lecture on "Our 
Dumb Animals" by a representative of the 
Humane Society. 
Games: Indoor track meet concluded. 50- 
yard dash; Obstacle race; Relay race 
(humorous); Regular relay race — two laps. 

Thirtieth Aim: To make the Pages feel that the best 

Meeting good time is that time they make for 

themselves. 
Program: A masquerade Valentine party 
where each boy comes dressed to represent 
the title of a book, the name of a song, or 
an advertisement. Prizes to be given to the 
Page guessing the largest number of repre- 
sentations and for the best costume. 
Games: Relievo; Prisoner's base. 



Thirty-first 
Meeting 
Previous to 
Ash 
Wednesday 



Aim: To get the Pages to support the Church 

School Lenten Program. 
Program: A talk by the Rector on plans for 

the Church School Lenten services. 
Games: Outdoor track meet by teams: — 

Throwing a baseball for distance; Hop, 

step and jump; two Standing broad jumps. 



Thirty-second Aim: To further the Lenten spirit by under- 
Meeting taking service for the Nation as the third 

of the Five Fields of Service, setting for- 
ward the Social side of "Foursquare Men." 
Program: An illustrated lecture on some na- 
tional Mission work, e. g., Southern whites, 
a Negro school for boys, an Indian school; 
with plans to send a box of clothing, games, 
puzzles and books. 
Games: Outdoor track meet by teams: For- 
ward passing for distance; Two-legged race; 
Rolling the hoop; 25-yard hop race. 



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Pages — Third Year Program 



Thirty-third Aim: To work for the box outlined in previous 

Meeting meeting. 

Program: Making jig-saw puzzles and pasting 
picture puzzles on cardboard. 
Games: Outdoor track meet by teams; 
Horseback race; 25-yard dash; 50-yard 
dash; High jumping. 

Thirty-fourth Aim: To give a knowledge of historic places in 
Meeting the State. 

Program: A bicycle hike. 

Thirty-fifth Aim: To enlist all Pages in a Quest. 

Meeting Program: A Saturday morning treasure hunt. 

Thirty-sixth Aim: To have the Pages attend a service to- 

Meeting gether during Holy Week. 

Holy Week Program: Attendance as a group at the Maundy 

Thursday evening service. 

Thirty-seventh Aim: To develop interest in the Galahad 
Meeting tradition. 

Program: Stories of chivalry told by desig- 
nated boys. Tell the story of Abbey's pic- 
ture, "The Loathely Damsel." 
Games: Soccer ball; Baseball. 

Thirty-eighth Aim: To finish the Point System for the year 
Meeting and the charts of "Foursquare Men." 

Program: The last opportunity for tests, hand- 
ing in of records and charts. 
Games: Final outdoor track meet by teams: 
Running broad jump; Standing broad jump; 
Obstacle relay; Humorous relay; Regular 
relay. 

Thirty-ninth Aim: To do service in the last of the Five Fields 
Meeting of Service, the World. 

Program: An illustrated lecture on the Armen- 
ians, "Fatherless Children of France," or 
some world problem. Possibly a vote on 
something from the year's fund as a gift. 
Games: Soccer ball. 

Fortieth Aim: To survey the year's achievement. 

Meeting Program: The reading of records in the 

Point System and team and individual 
scores, with announcement of charts of 
"Foursquare Men." 
Games: Soccer ball. 



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CHAPTER XV 
PROGRAMS FOR ESQUIRES 

Section 1. First Year Program. 
Section 2. Second Year Program. 
Section 3. Third Year Program. 



CHAPTER XV 



Programs for Esquires 



Section 1. First Year Program 

First Aim: To interest the Esquires in The Order of 

Meeting Sir Galahad. 

Program: The presentation in a public service 
in the Church School to boys between 15 
and 18 years of age not members of the 
Order, of the nature of The Order of Sir 
Galahad, its organization, purpose, pro- 
gram, Degree Vows, Prayers, Quest, Coat 
of Arms. 




Possibly application forms might be dis- 
tributed for the boys to bring back signed 
to the next meeting. Emphasize that only 
boys in the Church School are eligible. 
Games: Football; Soccer ball; Relievo.* 

; For information about games, see Boy Scout Handbook, Galahad Edition . 

249 



Esquires — First Year Program 



Second Aim: To get together the old Esquires, new 

Meeting applicants, and Pages who become Esquires 

this year. 
Program: The presentation of material re- 
quired for Initiation, with an opportunity 
for questions. 
Games: Soccer. ball; Football; Prisoner's base. 

Third Aim: To influence the new Esquires through the 

Meeting Vigil.* 

Program: A personal and individual talk with 
the Rector, together with other features of 
the Vigil. 

In the larger waiting groups have stories 
of Sir Galahad told by the Esquires, re- 
viewing last year's list. 



Fourth 
Meeting 



Aim: To confer the Degree of Esquire. 
Program: Initiation.! 



Fifth Aim: To organize the Esquires by teams. 

Meeting Program: Nominations for the executive 

officers: president, secretary, treasurer and 
Cabinet of six, the names to be posted for 
one week. Election of team captains and 
choosing of teams. 
Games: Football between teams A and B; 
Soccer ball between teams C and D. 

Sixth Aim: To elect executive officers and to set the 

Meeting Esquires thinking more seriously of college. 

Program: Election of executive officers. Choos- 
ing of college names for teams, together 
with practice in college yells. A short 
blackboard talk on football tactics. In- 
struction for participation in the coronation 
of the King. 
Games: Football between teams C and D; 
Soccer ball between teams A and B. 



Seventh 
Meeting 



Aim: To introduce the principles of "Foursquare 
Men" with special emphasis on the "Physi- 
cal" side. J 



*See Chapter X, Section 2. 

tSee Chapter XI, Section '3. 

^Thorough acquaintance with the Handbook for Comrades and the Manual 
for Leaders of Comrades, A Program for Christian Citizenship Training, pub- 
lished by the Association Press, New York City, is necessary before a Leader 
can introduce those features of these Programs which relate to "Foursquare 
Men." The value of the method is so great that the Supreme Director and 
Council strongly recommend- its incorporation into the program. 

250 



Eighth 
Meeting 

Ninth 
Meeting 



Tenth 
Meeting 



Eleventh 
Meeting 



Twelfth 
Meeting 



Esquires — First Year Program 



Program: A talk by a Y. M. C. A. secretary on 
"Foursquare Men" and the practical value 
of the chart of "Foursquare Men."* 
Games: Opportunity for the Esquires to set 
certain physical standards for themselves: 
Running; Weight; Jumping; Chest expan- 
sion; Height; Throwing shot put. A physi- 
cal examination by a local physician during 
the evening. 

Coronation of the King. 

Aim: To explain health habits as part of the 
Physical side of "Foursquare Men." 

Program: A talk entitled "Get the Habit," 
under the headings outlined by the Chris- 
tian Citizenship Training Program.! 

Games: Football between teams A and C; 
Soccer ball between teams B and D. 

Aim: To get the Esquires to express themselves, 
and to advance the interests of clean 
sports, as part of the Intellectual side of 
"Foursquare Men." 

Program: Talks on the following by three 
Esquires: 

(a) What is clean sport? 

(b) The value of clean sport. 

(c) What ought a team to do with a 
fellow who plays dirty? 

Opportunity for discussion, followed by 
a good story illustrating without drawing a 
moral, the same subject. 
Games: Football between A and D; Soccer 
ball between B and C. 

Aim: To interest the Esquires in raising money 
for their equipment and give opportunity 
for self-expression through dramatics. % 

Program: Broaching the subject of giving a 
play in the parish house; the proposed play 
being read by a good reader; appointing a 
committee and naming the date for try-outs. 
Games: Finals in Football and Soccer ball 
between the winners of the series. 

Aim: To give the Esquires an all-night experience 
in the woods. 



*See Manual for Leaders of Comrades in the Christian Citizenship Train- 
ing Program, Association Press. 
"{"Comrades, page 32. 
+ See Chapter XIX. „ 



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Esquires — First Year Program 



Thirteenth 
Meeting 



Fourteenth 
Meeting 



Fifteenth 
Meeting 



Sixteenth 

Meeting 



Seventeenth 
Meeting 



Program: An early autumn hike over night 
when a holiday offers, with cooking, camp- 
fire stories, trailing and taking the fort. 

Aim: To introduce Health Craft as the section 
of the Point System to be covered this year. 

Program: A talk by a Y. M. C. A. physical 
director, either local or state. The value of 
different setting-up exercises discussed. 
Games: Actual demonstration of the talk, 
followed by Volley ball between teams A 
and B; Indoor baseball between teams C 
and D. 

Aim: To follow up the Point System by em- 
phasizing the care of the body, touching the 
Physical side of "Foursquare Men." 

Program: A talk on "Health Habits."* 

Games: Volley ball between C and D; Indoor 
baseball between A and B. 

Aim: To continue the interest in the Galahad 

tradition. 
Program: The stories of the Abbey pictures 

told by different persons. 

(a) The Vision of Sir Galahad. 

(b) The Vow of Knighthood. 

(c) The Siege Perilous. 

(d) The Departure. 

(e) The Castle of the Grail. 

(f) The Loathely Damsel. 

Tell the story of the Castle of the Maidens 
and the Fight. 
Games: Games of ancient times: Fencing; 
Tilting with pillows; Wrestling; Boxing. 

Aim: To lead the Esquires to appreciate good 
pictures, setting forward the Intellectual 
side of "Foursquare Men." 

Program: An address illustrated by pictures or 
reprints, presenting to each Esquire the 
question: "If a boy could have but one 
picture in his room, what picture ought he 
to choose and why?" 
Games: Volley ball between A and C; Indoor 
baseball between B and D. 

Aim: To begin work for the Parish, as the 
first of the Five Fields of Service, and so 
link up the Esquire with the Church. f 



*See O'Shea and Kellogg, "Health Habits"; Fisher and Fisk, "How 
Live"; Woodhull, "Personal Hygiene"; Woodworth, "Care of the Body." 
fSee literature of the Church School Service League. 



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Eighteenth 
Meetin g 



Nineteenth 
Meeting 



Twentieth- 
Meeting 



Twenty-first 
Meetin g 



Twenty-second 
Meeting 



Twenty-third 
Meeting 



Program: A talk by the Rector on Boys as an 
asset in the Church's life, with an open dis- 
cussion followed by a conference led by the 
Director on the Boys' relation to the 
Church. Possibly the Rector's talk might 
come last as a summing up and inspiration 
to take up a definite piece of service, which 
he has in mind. 
Games: Volley ball between A and D; Indoor 
baseball between B and C. 

Aim: To awaken loyalty to the Court through 
sports. 

Program: To challenge and play some other 
boys' club in Volley ball and Indoor base- 
ball. Arrange to get out the members as 
enthusiastic rooters and to compose yells. 

Aim: To interest the Esquires in the care of the 
teeth, as part of Health Craft in the Point 
System. 

Program: An illustrated lecture by a local 
dental physician, with exhibits on care of 
the teeth. 
Games: The beginning of the indoor track 
meet, by teams, with the keeping of in- 
dividual records: Low hurdle race; Sack 
race; Backward jump; Frog race. 

Aim: To give the Esquires an opportunity to 
learn to swim and to develop a swimming 
team. 

Program: Use of the Y. M. C. A. tank with 
able swimming instructors. 

Aim: To interest the Esquires in serving others 
and to do service within the Community, 
the second of the Five Fields of Service. 

Program: A Christmas party given to boys of 
the community, arranged through the 
Associated Charities organization. Stunts 
by the boys; a gift to every guest; eats 
supplied by the Esquires. 

Aim: To rally the Esquires at a monthly supper. 

Program: A monthly supper with speakers 
from the nearest college on training for 
athletics; Community singing; Cheers. 

Aim: To cover the questions in the Point Sys- 
tem relating to the value of walking. 

Program: A talk on walking and hiking, — what 
lo carry, care of the feet, when to eat. 



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Games: Volley ball between teams B and C; 
Indoor baseball between teams A and D. 

Twenty-fourth Aim: To interest the Esquires in reading and 
Meeting so to develop the Intellectual side of "Four- 

square Men." 
Program: A series of addresses by picked boys 
on the genera] question: If a boy could 
read but one book what book ought he to 
choose and why? Call for books to be 
brought to the next meeting, to be sent to 
a home for boys. 
Games: Track meet continued: Standing hop: 
Two standing broad jumps; Standing broad 
jump; Running Broad jump. 



Twenty-fifth 
Meeting 



Twenty-sixth 

Meeting 



Aim: To acquaint the Esquires with industrial 
life as part of a vocational guidance pro- 
gram. 

Program: A "knowing your industries" pil- 
grimage, to see foundries or factories in 
operation. 

Aim: To do service in the Diocese as the third 
of the Five Fields of Service. 

Program: The presentation of the library needs 
of a Home for boys. Have the Esquires 
mend the books they have brought and 
additional books secured, to send to the 
Home. 
Games: Volley ball between B and D; Indoor 
baseball between A and C. 



Twenty-seventh Aim: To give an incentive to learn to swim. 
Meeting Program: Swimming races and diving at the 

Y. M. C. A. tank. 

Twenty-eighth Aim: To develop Court loyalty through cora- 
Meeting petition with outside teams. 

Program: Basketball, two teams; Indoor base- 
ball, two teams, entered against outside 
rivals. 

Twenty-ninth Aim: To get the mothers of the Esquires inter- 
Meeting ested and to teach the Esquires to be proud 

of their mothers. 
Program: An open meeting to which each 

Esquire brings his mother, the mothers to 

be introduced by the boys to the Director. 

A Stunt Night, the Esquires responsible for 

entertainment. 



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Thirtieth Aim: To teach the Esquires to keep a course in 

Meeting the woods. 

Program: A holiday hike in the woods: trailing; 

building fires; cooking; playing Relievo; 

Paper chase; Taking the fort. 

Thirty-first Aim: To win the Esquires' support of the 

Meeting Lenten program of the Church School. 

Previous to Program: A talk by the Rector on the Lenten 

Ash program. 

Wednesday Games: Indoor track meet continued; Three 

running broad jumps; Running hop; Hop, 
step and jump; Three-legged race. 

Thirty-second Aim: To awaken interest in the Nation as the 
Meeting fourth of the Five Fields of Service. 

Program: A talk on "Southern Whites," fol- 
lowed by the packing of a box of games, 
books and clothing for boys in the Southern 
mountains. 
Games: Indoor track meet continued: 25- 
yard dash; Humorous obstacle race; Passing 
ball between the legs; Passing ball and 
putting it in the basketball nets. 

Thirty-third Aim: To teach the Esquires that everyone must 
Meeting do his part to make a good time. 

Program: A Valentine masquerade party, with 

prizes for the best costume. A short play 

by the members. 

Thirty-fourth Aim: To finish the Point System for the year. 
Meeting Program: All records in the Point System and 

"Foursquare Men" handed in, and tests 

taken; Essays read, with a vote by the 

Esquires on the best essay. 
Games: Finals between the winners of Volley 

ball and Indoor baseball. 

Thirty-fifth Aim: To have the Esquires attend one evening 

Meeting service together during Holy Week. 

Holy Week Program: Meeting and attendance in a body 

at. the service. 

Thirty-sixth Aim: To interest the Esquires in camping. 
Meeting Program: A stereopticon or reflectoscope talk 

on what to take camping; camp rules; camp 
employments. 
Games: Indoor track meet concluded; 100- 
yard dash; Shuttle race; Regular relay. 



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Esquires — Second Year Program 



Thirty- s eve nth Aim: To teach the Esquires true Americanism. 

Meeting Program: Recognition of the teaching of May 

30th; Stories of brave soldiers, illustrating 
sacrifice and loyalty to the Flag. 
Games: Outdoor track meet; Punting foot- 
ball for distance; Throwing baseball for dis- 
tance; Forward passing football for distance; 
25-yard dash; Running broad jump; Run- 
ning high jump. 

Aim: To stir up enthusiasm for a baseball league. 
Program: Election of the team captain and 

team manager; A short talk on baseball 

plays. 
Games: Batting and fielding practice. 

Aim: To interest the Esquires in the World as 
the fifth of the Five Fields of Service. 

Program: An illustrated lecture by a good 
missionary on some foreign mission prob- 
lem, with an opportunity to vote a con- 
tribution. 
Games: Outdoor track meet concluded; 50- 
yard dash; 100-yard dash; Relay. 

Fortieth Aim: To bring the year's work to a close. 

Meeting Program: Reports on the year's work; Dis- 

cussion of improvements for next year; A 
straw vote on "Things I like Best," the 
list to be made up by the Director; Report 
of the Point System; Standing of teams; 
Cheers and songs. 
Games: Relievo; Soccer ball; Prisoner's base. 



Thirty-eighth 
Meeting 



Thirty -ninth 

Meeting 



Section 2. Second Year Program 

First Aim: To get the old Esquires together. 

Meeting Program: An address of welcome by the King- 

elect. Outline of plans. Give the Esquires 
the names of possible new Esquires to look 
up and bring to the next meeting. 
Games: Football; Relievo.* 

Second Aim: To get together last year's Esquires, new 

Meeting applicants, and Pages who become Esquires 

this year. 
Program: The presentation of the material 
required for initiation; an opportunity for 
questions; practicing of the Galahad Song 
and Degree yells. 
Games: Football; Soccer; Prisoner's base; 
Relievo. 

*For information about games, sec Boy Scout Handbook, Galahad Edition. 



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Esquires — Second Year Program 

Third Aim: To influence the Esquires through the 

Meeting Vigil.* 

Program: A personal and individual talk with 
the Rector, together with other features 
of the Vigil. 

In the larger waiting group, have stories 
of Sir Galahad told by the Esquires, re- 
viewing last year's list. 

Fourth Aim: To confer the Degree of Esquire. 

Meeting Program: Initiation.! 

Fifth Aim: To organize the Esquires. 

Meeting Program: Nominations for the executive offi- 

cers: president, secretary, treasurer, and 
Cabinet of six. The nominations to be 
posted for one week. Election of team 
captains and choosing of teams. 
Games: Football between teams A and B, 
Football between teams C and D. 

Sixth Aim: To elect executive officers, also to set the 

Meeting Esquires thinking again of college. 

Program: Elections; choosing of college names 
for teams; practicing college yells. Short 
blackboard talk on "Football Tactics.' 
Instruction in the Esquires' part in the 
• Coronation of the King, — responses and 

places. 
Games: Football by teams B and C and A 
and D. 

Seventh Aim: To introduce Camp Craft as the section 

Meeting of the Point System to be covered this 

year. 
Program: Explanation of the Point System and 
system of awards, posting a permanent 
copy. 
Games: Football by teams B and D and A 
and C. 

Mating Coronation of the King. 

Ninth Aim: To interest the Esquires in the Point 

Meeting System. 

Program: Instruction (out of doors by means 

of an actual tent) in "How to put up and 

take down a tent." 



*See Chapter X, Section 2. 
tSee Chapter XI, Section 3. 



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Esquires — Second Year Program 



Games: Second round of football in twenty 
minutes between teams A and B and C and 
D, teams B and C and A and D, teams B 
and D and A and C. 

Tenth Aim: To develop local talent and show the 

Meeting Esquires that they can give themselves a 

good time. 
Program: A Hallowe'en masquerade party with 

ducking for apples and other Hallowe'en 

sports, and a short play. 

Eleventh Aim: To review the principles of "Foursquare 

Meeting Men."* 

Program: Illustrations on slides easy to make 
of the statistics of boys according to last 
year's results, such as pictures of boys 
showing chest expansion, of boys "before 
and after" as to weight and muscle. The 
same might illustrate Social, Intellectual, 
Devotional sides. 
Games: Opportunity for the Esquires to set 
certain physical standards for themselves: 
running, weight, jumping, chest expansion, 
height, throwing shot put. Physical exami- 
nation by a local physician during the 
evening. 

Twelfth Aim: To get the Esquires to undertake service 

Meeting in the Parish as the first of the Five Fields 

of Service. 
Program: To prepare for the winter season by 
storing all furniture used in the playground, 
putting down boardjwalks, banking ground 
in preparation for hockey rink. 
Games: Final football games between the two 
highest teams. 

Thirteenth Aim: To teach the Esquires the value of obser- 

Meeting vation in choosing camp sites, thus setting 

forward the Point System. 
Program: By means of reflectoscope illustra- 
tions from pictures cut out of magazines and 
by snapshots of various camp sites, inci- 
dentally giving information gathered from 
books on camping. | 

*Thorough acquaintance with the Handbook for Comrades and the Manual 
for Leaders of Comrades, A Program for Christian Citizenship Training, pub- 
lished by the Association Press, New York City, is necessary before a Leader 
can introduce those features of these Programs which relate to "Foursquare 
Men." The value of the method is so great that the Supreme Director and 
Council strongly recommend its incorporation into the program. 

fSee Miller, Camp Craft; Gibson, Camping for Boys, and Camp Life in the 
Woods. 



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Esquires — Second Year Program 

Games: Basketball between A and B; C 
and D. 

Fourteenth Aim: To build further on the Story of Galahad. 

Meeting Program: A review of some of last year's 

stories,* adding: 

(a) The Story of the Castle of the 
Maidens. 

(b) The Story of the Seven Deadly Sins. 

(c) The Key. 

(d) The Castle of the Maidens. 
Games: Of ancient times: Fencing; Boxing; 

Wrestling; Tilting with pillows. 



Fifteenth 
Meeting 



Aim: To foster Court loyalty. 

Program: A blackboard talk on basketball 

tactics. Have as guests two teams from 

another club. 
Games: Basketball between first and second 

teams versus visitors. 



Sixteenth Aim: To do service in the Nation as the fourth 

Meeting of the Five Fields of Service. 

Program: Packing a Christmas box of games, 
clothes and books for a boys' school. 
Games: Basketball between teams B and C; 
and A and D. 



Seventeenth- 
Meeting 



Eighteenth 
Meeting 



Ninetenth 
Meeting 



Aim: To teach the Esquires to learn to love and 
care for animals and pets. 

Program: An exhibition of animal pets, e. g., 
rabbits, mice, dogs, snakes and birds owned 
by Esquires. Have the boys tell how they 
secured them and what they feed to them. 

Aim: To present the principles of "Foursquare 
Men." 

Program: Illustrations on slides of boys show- 
ing "before and after," to chest expansion, 
weight and muscle. Also illustrations to 
show development on Intellectual, Social 
and Devotional sides. 
Games: Opportuity for Esquires to test 
themselves on Physical lines. Physical 
examinations by a local physician. 

Aim: To give each Esquire knowledge of his 
body, as part of the Physical and Intellectual 
sides of "Foursquare Men." 



*See fifteenth meeting of preceding y< 



259 



Esquires Second Ykar Program 

Program: An illustrated stereopticon lec- 
ture showing the human body with a 
talk on lungs and the value of fresh air, on 
the heart and the influence of stimulants, 

Oil muscles and useful exercises, on the 

chest and ways of developing it. 
Games: A series of setting-up exercises with 
special reference to the value of each exer- 
cise for some particular part of the bod)'. 

Twentieth Aim: To teach the Esquires to express them- 

Meeting selves in public. 

Program: A debate on some national question, — 
strikes, trusts, government ownership of 
railways. 
Games: Basketball between A and C, and 
B and D. 

Twenty-first Aim: To interest the Esquires in drawing, 
Meeting especially caricature and cartoon drawing. 

Program: Secure a local newspaper cartoonist to 
tell how to go about it, and to illustrate his 
art by drawing some of the boys. 
Games: Indoor track meet, by teams: Shuttle 
race; Leap frog jump; Cock light; Back 
jump; Wrestling; Frog race. 

Twenty-second Aim: To begin preparation for a dramatic pet 
Meeting formance, to raise money for equipment.* 

Program: The reading by the coach of a short 
play, previously chosen by a committee. 
Games: Basketball, second series, between 
teams A and B; and C and D; Indoor base- 
ball between l> and C; and A and I). 

Twenty-third Aim: To interest the Esquires in manual train- 

Mreling ing; sloyd work. 

Program: An exhibition of articles the boys 
have made, with prizes for the best work 
and a talk by a local manual training teacher 
on how to use the plane, the saw and turn 
ing machines. 
Games: Basketball between B and C; and 
A and D; Indoor baseball between A and 
B; and C and D. 

Twenty-fourth Aim: To give the Esquires a working knowledge 
Meeting of automobile parts, as part of the Intellec- 

tual side of "Foursquare Men.'" 

"See Chapter XIX. 
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Esquires — Second Year Program 

Program: The different parts of an automobile 
shown (perhaps at a garage), by a practical 
mechanic, with explanations and an oppor- 
i unity for questions. 
Games: Indoor track meet continued; Box- 
ing; Two standing broad jumps; Standing 
hop; 25-yard dash. 

Twenty-fifth /Vim: To interest the Esquires in wireless. 

Meeting Program: A practical demonstration by one of 

the boys with his wireless, with explanation 
of what to buy and where; opportunity for 
questions. 
Games: Basketball between teams A and C; 
and B and D; Indoor baseball between 
teams A and C; and B and D. 

Twenty-sixth Aim: To give the Esquires a knowledge of vo- 

Meeting cational opportunity. 

Program: A talk based on Weaver's "Profitable 
Vocations for Boys," followed by a confer- 
ence based on the general question, "What. 
ought to guide me in choosing my life- 
work ?" 
Games: Indoor track meet by teams con- 
tinued; Running broad jump; Standing 
broad jump; Running hop; 50-yard dash. 

Twenty-seventh Aim: To do service in the Community as the 
Meeting second of the Five Fields of Service. 

Program: The Esquires to attack some dirt 

hole or unseemly dump during Clean Up 

Week, and clean it up. 

Twenty-eighth Aim: To give the Esquires an opportunity to 
Meeting meet the girls of the parish, to make rela- 

tions more nearly normal. 
Program: A "Court of Beauty" dance, open to 
members only, with guests of honor to 
receive. This, like other programs, may be 
repeated as often as desirable. 

Twenty-ninth Aim: To provide opportunity for young people 

Meeting to learn to dance. 

Program: The opening dancing class for be- 
ginners, open to members of the Order only, 
and meeting once a week or less often from 
January to Lent. 

Thirtieth Aim: To learn more about the stars, as part of 

Meeting the Intellectual side of "Foursquare Men." 

Program: An evening on the roof with an able 

instructor. 



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Ksquires — Second Year Program 



Thirty-first 
Meeting 
Previous to 
Ash 
Wednesday 



Thirty-second 
Meeting 



Thirty-third 

Meeting 



Thirty-fourth 
Meeting 



Thirty-fifth 
Meeting 
Holy Week 



Thirty-sixth 
Meeting 



Thirty -seventh 
Meetine 



Thirty-eighth 
Meeting 



Aim: To get the Esquires to support the Lenten 
program of the Church School. 

Program: A talk by the Rector on plans for 
the Church School Lenten services. 
Games: Indoor track meet concluded; 100- 
yard dash; Obstacle relay; Regular relay. 

\im: To give stimulus to saving for the Lenten 
offering, and to hear something about the 
World as the fifth of the Five Fields of 
Service. 

Program: An illustrated lecture on Japan and 
Christian Missions. 

Aim: To continue interest in the Point System. 

Program: An illustrated lecture on the Mo- 
squito or the Fly. An explanation of how 
to take care of garbage and refuse in camp, 
to lessen danger from mosquitoes and flies. 
Games: Finals between the winners of indoor 
basketball and baseball. 

Aim: To awaken interest in taking up the 
ministry as a life work. 

Program: A life work conference with good 
outside speakers. Increase the interest by 
making it a community conference, that 
takes in all the Episcopal Churches or 
Courts of the Order of Sir Galahad in the 
Church School district. 

Aim: To have the Esquires attend in a body 

one of the evening services. 
Program: Attendance at service, marching into 

the church together in regalia. 

Aim: To give the Esquires opportunity to learn 
to swim and to choose a swimming team. 

Program: Use of the Y. M. C. A. tank and a 
swimming instructor, also an instructor to 
train the team. 

Aim: To check up the Point System and Es- 
quires' records as "Foursquare Men." 

Program: An opportunity for tests, checking 
up charts and presentation of essays. 
Games: Set out table games: Parchesi, Chess, 
Pool, Billards, Ping pong, allowing each 
Esquire to choose according to his interests 
after his tests are completed. 

Aim: To spend a day in the open. 
Program: A May 30th hike in the woods with 
suitable games. 



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Esquires — Third Year Program 



Thirty- ninth Aim: To organize baseball teams. 

Meeting Program: To elect team captains and managers. 

A blackboard talk on baseball; Outline of 

summer plans. 
Games: Baseball. 

Fortieth Aim: To end the season's activities. 

Meeting Program: Reports of work on the Point System, 

"Foursquare Men"; Team results, for which 

letters and banners are to be given at the 

annual banquet. 
Games: Baseball; Relievo; Soccer; Prisoner's 

base. 



Section 3. Third Year Program 



First 
Meeting 



Second 

Meeting 



Aim: To get the old Esquires together. 

Program: An address of welcome by the King- 
elect; Outline of plans. Give the Esquires 
the names of possible new Esquires to look 
up and bring to the next meeting. 
Games: Football; Relievo.* 

Aim: To get together last year's Esquires, 
new applicants, and Pages who become 
Esquires this year. 

Program: The presentation of material re- 
quired for Initiation, with an opportunity 
for questions; practicing the Galahad Song 
and Degree yells. 
Games: Football; Soccer; Prisoner's base; 
Relievo. 

Aim: To influence the new Esquires through the 
Vigil. t 

Program: A personal and individual talk 
with the Rector, together with other fea- 
tures of the Vigil. 

In the larger waiting group, have stories 
of Sir Galahad told by the boys, reviewing 
last year's list. 

Aim: To confer the Degree of Esquire. 
Program: Initiation.^ 

Aim: To organize the Esquires. 
Program: Nominations for the executive offi- 
cers: president, secretary, treasurer and 

*For information about games, see Boy Scout Handbook, Galahad Edition. 
fSee Chapter X, Section 2. 
JSee Chapter XI, Section 3. 



Third 

Meeting 



Fourth 
Meeting 

Fifth 
Meeting 



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Esquires Third Year Program 

Cabinel of six. The nominations lo be 
posted for one week. Election of team 
captains and choosing of teams. 
(i\MKS: Football between teams A and B; 
Football between teams C ami 1). 

Sixth Aim: To eleet executive officers, also to set the 

Meeting Esquires thinking again of college 

Program.: Elections; Choosing of college names 
for teams; Practicing college yells; Short 
blackboard talk on football tactics; Instruc- 
tion in the Esquires' part in the Coronation 

of the King; Responses and places.* 

Games: Football hv teams P> and C; and 

A and I). 
Seventh Aim: To introduce Sky and Sea Craft as the 

Meeting sections of the Point System to be covered 

t his year. 
Program: An explanation ot the Point System 
and the system of awards, with posting of a 

permanent copy (^ the year's Point System 

requirements. 
Games: Football between teams B and I); 

and A and C. 



Eighth 
Meetini 



Coronal ton of t he [Cine 



Ninth Aim: To set forward the Point System. 

Meeting Program: A night on the roof with a good 

instructor and telescope; Opportunity for 
questions; Mapping ol the prominent stars 
and constellations as lhe\ appear in the 
.ml umn monl hs. 

Tenth Aim: To carry the previous evening's instruc- 

Meeting tion further. 

PROGRAM: An illustrated lecture on stars and 
constellations, with copies of the charts 
made at the previous meeting thrown on 
the screen, ami suitable criticism. 

Games: Second round o\ football in fifteen- 
minute games; Teams A and B; C and I); 
B and C; A and I); B and I); A and C. 

Eleventh Aim: To introduce to the Esquires handwork 

Meeting in basket rv. 

Program: A work night in basketry with 
capable insl ructors. 

GAMES! Finals in football between the two 
best teams. 

"See c hapter VIII, Section I. 

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Esquire 



Twelfth 
Meeting 



Thirteenth 
Meeting 



Fourteenth 
Meeting 



Fift 
Met 



Fifteenth 
feeting 



Sixteenth 
Meeting 



Seventeenth 
Meeting 



Aim: To gel Sea Craft started. 

Program: Practice in the Y. M. C. A. tank with 
suitable instructor, of the breast stroke, 
swimming on the back, floating, 



stroke and the overhand Stroke; 
of a swimming team. 
GAM! SI Water tag. 



the side 
choosing 



Aim: To show the Ksquircs thai the best good 
time is the time they make themselves. 

PROGRAM: A Hallowe'en masquerade dancing 
party. 

Aim: To carry on basketry with the definite 
aim of having the work contribute to the 
parish as the first of the Five Fields of 
Service. 

Program: Further instruction in basketry with 
the idea of making baskets for a Lenten 
sale, the proceeds to be given as an Easter 
offering. Esquires once well started might 
be allowed to take home material and work 
at odd times. 

Also in service of the parish, organize 
the Esquires to lay the board walk. 

Vim: To begin preparations lor a dramatic per- 
formance to raise money for equipment.* 

Program: The reading by the coach of a p.lay 
previously chosen by a committee and 
organization for try-onts. 
GAMES: Basketball between A and B, C and 
D; Indoor baseball between A and C; 
B and 1). 

Aim: To give swimming tests and practice in 
life saving. 

Program: Demonstration in the Y. M. C. A 
tank, with a capable instructor, of the 
breaking of wrist grip, neck grip, back 
strangle; Opportunity for a test in swim- 
ming fifty yards. 
Games: Swimming race; Diving. 

Aim: To carry on Sky Craft. 

Program: An illustrated talk on the moon, 

with particular reference to questions in 

Sky Craft. 
GAMES: Basketball between A and 1);B and 

C; Indoor baseball between A and B; C 

and 1). 



*Sec Chaptei XI \ 



26i 



Esquires — Third Year Program 



Eighteenth 
Meeting 



Nineteenth 
Meeting 



Twentieth 
Meeting 



Twenty-first 
Meeting 



Twenty-second 

Meeting 



Aim: To present the principles of "Foursquare 
Men."* 

Program: Illustrations on slides, easy to make, 
of the statistics of boys according to last 
year's results, such as pictures of boys 
showing chest expansion, of boys "before 
and after" as to weight and muscle. The 
same, might illustrate "Social," "Intellec- 
tual," and "Spiritual" sides. 
Games: Opportunity for the Esquires to set 
certain physical standards for themselves: 
Running, weight, jumping, chest expansion, 
height, throwing shot put. Physical exami- 
nation by a local physician during the 
evening. 

Aim: To interest the Esquires in manual train- 
ing. 

Program: A talk on box furniture with the 
idea of interesting the Esquires to do some 
work in their spare time as a further con- 
tribution to a Lenten sale. 
Games: Indoor track meet by teams; Shuttle 
race; Backward jump; Leap frog jump; 
25-yard dash. 

Aim: To give the Esquires the opportunity to 
do service in the Diocese as the third of the 
Five Fields of Service. 

Program: Presentation of the Esquires' play 
without charge at some boys' institution. 

Aim: To continue vocational training. 

Program: A "Seeing your town's industries" 
pilgrimage, to shoe factories, local tele- 
phone exchange, creamery or electrical 
appliances factory. 

Aim: To follow up last year's pilgrimage. 

Program: A talk on "What kinds of studies are 
best for the boy who must enter industrial 
life," with opportunity for questions.! 

Games: Indoor track meet continued; Stand- 
ing broad jump; Frog race; Standing hop; 
50-vard dash. 



*Thorough acquaintance with the Handbook for Comrades and the Manual 
for Leaders of Comrades, A Program for Christian Citizenship Training, pub- 
lished by the Association Press, New York City, is necessary before a Leader 
can introduce those features of these Programs which relate to "Foursquare 
Men." The value of the method is so great that the Supreme Director and 
Council strongly recommend its incorporation into the program. 

tSee McKeever, "The Industrial Training of a Boy." 



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Twenty-third 

Meeting 



Twenty-fourth 
Meeting. 



Esquires — Third Year Program 

Aim: To teach the Esquires the value of obser- 
vation and to further Sky Craft. 

Program: An illustrated lecture on "Cloud 
Formations" with special reference to the 
Point System. 
Games: Basketball between A and C; B and 
D; Indoor baseball between A and D; 
B and C. 

Aim: To build further on the knowledge of the 

Galahad tradition. 
Program: Have the Esquires re-tell past stories: 

(a) The Vision of Sir Galahad. 

(b) The Vow of Knighthood. 

(c) The Siege Perilous. 

(d) The Departure. 

(e) The Castle of the Grail. 

(f) The Loathely Damsel. 

Tell one new story, "Blanchefleur." 
Games: Of ancient times: Wrestling; Fencing; 
Boxing; Tilting. 

Twenty-fifth Aim: To teach the Esquires to defend them- 
Meeting selves. 

Program: A talk on strategy in boxing by a 
capable instructor, with practical demon- 
stration. 
Games: Boxing bouts; Shadow boxing, be- 
tween members, with instruction. 



Twenty-sixth 
Meeting 



Twenty-seventh 
Meeting 



Twenty-eighth 
Meeting 



Aim: To teach the Esquires how to wrestle. 
Program: A talk on strategy in wrestling by a 

capable instructor. 
Games: A practical demonstration by means 

of wrestling bouts, between members. 

Aim: To continue swimming instruction as 
part of Sea Craft in the Point System. 

Program: Special attention given to instruc- 
tion in methods of resuscitation, with oppor- 
tunity to take tests in all requirements. 
Game: Water baseball. 

Aim: To inspire loyalty through competition. 
Program: A blackboard talk on basketball 
tactics, with visiting teams as guests. 
Games: Two teams to play the outside teams. 

Twenty-ninth Aim: To do service in the Community as the 
Meeting second of the Five Fields of Service. 

Program: Some piece of practical work during 

Clean Up Week, as raking the Common, 

cleaning up some dirt hole. 



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Thirtieth Aim: To develop interesl in observation. 

Meeting Program: A night on a mountain, with parti- 

cular attention given to the sunset; suppei 
on the mountain; sleeping out or bunking 
in a hut, in order to see the sunrise, further 
developing Sky Craft. 
Games: Stories around the camp tire; Re 
lievo; Prisoner's base. 

Thirty-first Aim: To prepare for and get the Esquires to 

Meeting support the Lenten program of the Church 

Previous to School. 

Ash Program: A talk by the Rector on Lenten 

Wednesday plans; preparation for sale of basketry ami 

manual training models in some- local stoic. 
GAMES: Soccer ball. 

Thirty-second Aim: To teach thrift. 

Meeting Program: A talk by some local banker on the 

value of saving as an asset in starting life. 
CJamks: Finals in basketball and indoor base 
ball between the two best teams. 

Thirty-third Aim: To teach the Esquires the art of public 
Meeting speaking. 

Program : A mock trial. 

Games: Indoor track meet continued; Run- 
ning broad jump; Two standing broad 
jumps; Three running broad jumps; 100- 
yard dash. 

Thirty-fourth Aim: To interest the Esquires in the Nation 
Meeting as the fourth of the Five Fields of Service. 

Program: A missionary to talk on some apsed 
of national missions, with opportunity to 
make a special gift From the Lenten sale. 
GAMES: Indoor track meet concluded; Ob- 
stacle race; Humorous race; Regular relay. 

Thirty-tilth Aim: To prepare the Esquires lor their Easter 

Meeting Communion. 

Holy Week Program: Have the Esquires as a group attend 

one of the evening Services during Holy 
Week and then adjourn for a short prcpara 
t ion for t he I loly Communion.* 

Thirty-sixth Vim: To interest the Esquires in problems ol 

Meeting choosing life work, and in the World as 

the fifth of the Five Fields of Service, 

"See Chaptei VI, Section I 
26S 



Esquires Third Year Program 

Program: A life work conference for hoys' 
clubs in the territory, with outside speakers 
to present the following: the Ministry; 
Medicine; haw; Business. 

Thirty-seventh Aim: To complete Sea Craft. 

Meeting Program: In the V. M. C. A. tank, final 

swimming tests. 
Games: Water polo; Water tag; Water base- 
ball. 

Thirty-eighth Aim: To complete Sky Craft. 

Meeting Program: Tests, with table games, each bo) 

to choose according to his interest, once his 
tests are completed. Hand in records of 
Point System and charts of "Foursquare 
Men." 
GAMES: Outdoor track meet; Baseball throw; 
Sack race; Three-legged race; 50-yard 
dash; Punting football; Forward-passing 
football; 100-yard dash. 

Thirty-ninth Aim: To organize tor summer baseball and 
Meeting outdoor sports. 

Program: Choosing a baseball team, the 
manager, the captain and the sports mana- 
ger, who will arrange for a summer schedule. 
Games: Outdoor track meet concluded; Shot 
put; Running high jump; Running broad 
in nip; 220-yard dash; Relay. 

Fortieth Aim: To finish the season's activities. 

Meeting Program: Reports of the season's work, the 

Point System, the team records, the state 

of the treasury. 
Games: Relievo; Prisoner's base; 440-yard 

dash; Relay. 



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CHAPTER XVI 
PROGRAMS FOR KNIGHTS 

Section 1. First Year Program. 
Section 2. Second Year Program. 
Section 3. Third Year Program. 




"FOR THEM I BATTLE TILL THE END" 

From Baldwin's "Story of the King." Copyright, by Permission of the American 
Book Company, Publishers 



CHAPTER XVI 
Programs for Knights 



Section 1. First Year Program 

First Aim: To awaken enthusiasm for the next meet- 

Meeting ing. 

Program: An outline of plans for a supper 
meeting, with appointment of committees: 
Program committee; Welcome committee; 
Supper committee; Initiation committee. 
Look up the names of boys eighteen years 
and over not members of the Order, and 
distribute among the Knights, to be called 
upon and invited to the supper. Invite the 
Esquires who become Knights this year. 
Games: Football; Relievo.* 

Second Aim: To make a rousing start off. 

Meeting Program: A supper with outline of plans for 

the coming year; a welcome to new mem- 
bers by the King-elect; Songs; Distribution 
of application blanks to those who wish to 
join the Order. Try to create the spirit of 
good fellowship. 

*For information about games see Boy Scout Handbook, Galahad Edition. 



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Third- 
Meeting 



Fourth 

Meeting 



Fifth 

Meeting 

Sixth 
Meeting 



Seventh 
Meeting 



Eighth 
Meeting 

Ninth 
Meeting 



Games: Boxing bouts between members 
with an instructor to comment on the 
fundamentals of boxing. 

Aim: To impress on the Knights the genuine- 
ness of the knightly ideal. 

Program: A talk by the Rector on the mean- 
ing and application of chivalry; the vow of 
knighthood; an outline of the history and 
organization of the Order; a statement of 
the requirements for Initiation with dis- 
tribution of printed copies of the Prayer, 
the Galahad Song, and notice of the Vigil.* 
Games: Football outdoors and later wrestling 
indoors, with suitable instruction, and 
opportunity for questions. 

Aim: To impress upon the Knights the solem- 
nity and seriousness of membership. 
Program: The Vigil for Knights. f 

Aim: To confer the Degree of Knighthood. 
Program: Initiation.^ 

Aim: To organize the body of Knights. 
Program: The King-elect in the chair as 

President of the Round Table; election of 

secretary, treasurer and Cabinet of six; 

also election of team captains and choosing 

of teams. 
Games: Football between teams A and B; 

C and D; Soccer ball between teams B and 

C; A and D. 

Aim: To create a serious interest in college. 

Program: A blackboard talk by some college 
man on the football team, illustrating 
football tactics, and illustrating and criticis- 
ing plays in recent college games; choosing 
of college names for the Knights' teams, 
and practicing of college yells. 
Games: Football between teams B and C; 
A and D, with college speakers to coach. 

Coronation of the King. 



Aim: To introduce City Craft, as the section 
of the Point System to be covered this year 
and to discover how much the Knights 



*See Chapter XII. Section 4. 
tSee Chapter X, Section 3. 
jSee Chapter XI, Section 4. 



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already know, or do not know, about civics, 
as outlined by the questions in City Craft. 
Program: A team contest in civics; the Knights 
lined up by their athletic teams, as for a 
spelling match. Outline for yourself before- 
hand a detailed list of questions based upon 
the questions in City Craft, then proceed 
as in a spelling match, until all but one of 
the teams is eliminated. Prepare for the 
monthly supper at the next meeting. 
Games: Football by teams between A and C; 
B and D. Soccer ball by teams between A 
and D; B and C. 



Tenth . 
Meet in i 



Eleventh 
Meeting 



Twelfth 
Meeting 



Thirteenth 
Meeting 



Aim: To give the Knights a more definite 

knowledge of their city's administration, 

as part of City Craft. 
Program: A supper with the mayor of the city 

as a guest. A talk on "The Routine of the 

City Hall," by the Mayor or a prominent 

city official or ward boss. 
Games: Football finals between two highest 

teams; Soccer ball by teams between B and 

D; A and C. 

Aim: To give an opportunity for the Knights to 
work in the Community as the second of 
the Five Fields of Service. 

Program: A Christmas party organized by the 
Knights, in which the whole Club enter- 
tains a group of boys suggested by the 
local Associated Charities organization or 
Family Welfare Society. Movies, tumbling 
stunts, clog dancing, mystery stunts, arrival 
of a burlesque Santa Claus, refreshments. 

Aim: To provide an opportunity for the boys 
and girls of the parish to know each other. 

Program: A Christmas "Court of Beauty" 
dance given by the Knights for all members 
of the Court. 

Aim: To develop power of observation and to 
interest the Knights in having a hobby. 

Program: A reflectoscope lecture on automo- 
biles, with pictures of autos cut out from 
magazines and mounted on cards. Have the 
Knights explain differences in hoods, 
motors, lines and cost. 
Games: Indoor baseball by teams between 
A and B; C and D; Basketball by teams 
between A and C; B and D. 



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Fourteenth Vim: To create a better understanding of one 

Meeting of the foreign elements of the town and 

thus to develop City Craft. 
Program: Presentation of striking facts by one 
of the Knights; a talk by a foreign-born 
citizen; a summary by the Director suggest- 
ing ways of showing friendliness. 
Games: Indoor track meet by teams; Soccer 
race; Two-legged race; Horseback race; 
Standing broad jump; 25-yard dash. 

Fifteenth Aim: To instruct the Knights in Social Hygiene. 

Meeting Program: A speaker from the Social Hygiene 

Society, which is located in all larger cities 
and puts its speakers at your disposal. 
Games: Indoor baseball by teams between 
B and C; A and D; Basketball by teams 
between B and C; and A and D. 



Sixteenth 

Meeting 



Seventeenth 
Meeting 



Eighteenth 
Meeting 



Nineteen! 
Meeting 



Aim: To present the service aspect of pro- 
fessional life in the World as the fifth of the 
Five Fields of Service, also furthering voca- 
tional guidance. 

Program: The presentation by proper men of 
the opportunity of service in Medicine, 
Law, Politics and the Ministry. 
Games: Indoor track meet continued; Frog 
race; Standing hop; Arc you there; 50- 
yard dash. 

Aim: To develop leadership. 

Program: A talk on the general subject, "Can 

young men be leaders of boys?"* 
Games: Indoor baseball by teams between 

B and C; A and D; Basketball between 

A and B; C and D. 

Aim: To challenge the Knights with the claim 
of Christ on their lives. 

Program: Call in a man who you know can 
do this. Organize the Knights into a com- 
mittee to bring together the Galahad 
Knights from all the Courts in your zone 
of work, through the Senior Department of 
your Church School. This meeting might 
be held in the church. 

Aim: To follow up the recent meeting on 
leadership with specific training in problems 
of leadership. 



*See L. A. Weigle, 
fence." 



Pupil and the Teacher," chapter on "La 



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k nights First Year Program 

Program: A study of the characteristics and 
interests of boys between the ages of nine 
and eleven, presenting the results as they 
apply to the leadership of the Lads. 
Games: Have your Knights take charge and 
organize games for the Lads, using the body 
of Knights as if they were the Lads, and 
discuss with them their mistakes as the 
games proceed. 

Twentieth Aim: To develop serious interest in college. 

Meeting Program: A talk on training for athletics by 

three college men. 

(a) Training for the track. 

(b) Training for hockey. 

(c) Training for football and rowing. 
Games: Training given by the college men in 

the get away; the finish; conserving wind; 
team work in relay races. 

Twenty-first Aim: To carry on the work in dramatics begun 

Meeting as Esquires.* 

Program: The reading by the coach or a good 
reader of a play, chosen by a committee, 
the reader representing the parts. Give 
notice of try-outs. 
Games: Indoor track meet continued; Shuttle 
race; Backward jump; Chinning; Running 
Broad jump; 100-yard dash. 



Twenty-second 
Meeting 



Aim: To broaden Christian sympathies as part 
of knowledge of City Craft. 

Program: An illustrated lecture displaying 
statistics of church population and dis- 
tribution of churches in your town. Stere- 
opticon slides are easily made by pen and 
ink on glass. Follow the lecture by discus- 
sions of what the Knights might do to get 
in touch with fellows who are not going 
anywhere to church. 
Games: Volley ball teams between A and B; 
C and D; Indoor baseball teams between 
B and C; A and D. 



Twenty-third Aim: To do service in the Diocese as the third 
Meeting of the Five Fields of Service. 

Program: Presentation of the annual play at 
some home for aged men or hospital for 
crippled war veterans. 



'See Chapter XIX. 



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Twenty-fourth Aim: To give information regarding night 
Meeting schools and courses, as part of the Civics 

teaching, and encouraging Knights to fit 
themselves for larger responsibilities. 
Program: Secure some one who not only can 
present the opportunities and inspire the 
Knights to use some of their time in study, 
but can also answer questions. 
Games: Volley ball by teams between C and 
B; A and D; Indoor baseball by teams 
between A and B; C and D. 



Twenty-fifth 
Meeting 



Aim: To set the Knights doing things together. 
Program: A Knights' theatre party. 



Twenty-sixth Aim: To present scientific subjects in an inter- 
Meeting esting manner. 

Program: A lecture on the uses of the com- 
pass, with methods of correction. 
Games: Indoor track meet continued: Hop 
step and jump; Running hop; Three run- 
ning broad jumps; 440-yard dash. 



Twenty-seventh Aim: To get every Knight to do a stunt. 
Meeting Program: Stunt night with refreshments. 

Twenty-eighth Aim: To provide opportunity for dancing. 
Meeting Program: A St. Valentine's Masquerade "Court 

of Beauty" dance. 

Twenty-ninth Aim: To enlarge knowledge of the city's charit- 

Meeting able institutions as part of City Craft for 

the Point System. 

Program: Secure a city health officer or head 

of the Poor Department to outline the work 

of hospitals and the city's care of the aged 

and poor. 

Games: Basket ball between A and C; B and 

D; Volley ball between B and D; A and C. 

Thirtieth Aim: To choose a Knights' bowling team. 

Meeting Program: Bowling at the Y. M. C. A. alleys 

by teams between A and B; C and D. 



Thirty-first 
Meeting 



Aim: To further interest in work among boys. 

Program: A discussion of the Lads' program 
as set forth in this Manual,* its value, pur- 
pose and order. 
Games: Indoor baseball finals, nine innings. 



*See Chapter XIII. 

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Thirty-second 
Meeting 

Thirty-third 
Meeting 



Thirty-fourth 
Meeting 



Thirty- fifth 
Meeting 
Holy Week 



Thirty-sixth 

Meeting 

Thirty-seventh 

Meeting 



Thirty-eighth 
Meeting 



Thirty-ninth 
Meeting 



Fortieth 
Meeting 



Forty-first 
Meeting 



Aim: To create loyalty through competition. 
Program: Basketball with an outside team. 

Aim: To get every Knight out for a swim. 
Program: Swimming in the Y. M. C. A. tank 
by arrangement. 

Aim: To give the Knights an opportunity to 

exhibit their physical powers. 
Program: An open night for the parish with 

athletic exhibition by the Knights. 

Aim: To make Lent mean much to the Knights, 
and to prepare for the Easter Communion. 

Program: Attendance of all the Knights at one 
of the evening services during Holy Week, 
with short Service of Preparation following.* 

Aim: To develop the dramatic instinct. 
Program: The annual play. 

Aim: To get the Knights interested in the 

Court debate. 
Program: Preliminary debate on a question 

to be debated with some outside club, with 

impromptu discussion. 
Games: Basketball finals. 

Aim: To interest the whole parish in the in- 
tellectual program of the Court. 
Program: The inter-club debate. 

Aim: To give opportunity for the Knights to 

work in the Parish as the first of the Five 

Fields of Service. 
Program: Cleaning up the church property 

during the Spring Clean-up Week, raking, 

seeding, sodding, painting. 

Aim: To give the Knights a broader sympathy 
with and understanding of the police, 
furthering City Craft. 

Program: Secure a police captain to talk on 
"Courageous Policemen," or a member of 
the detective department to talk on "Finger 
Prints." 
Games: Volley ball finals. 

Aim: To get every Knight working. 

Program: The annual Knights' circus, with a 

main show, side-shows, booths for candy 

and soda. 



^See Chapter VI, Section 1. 



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Forty-second Aim: To learn more of the hazards of the nrc- 
Meeting man's life, as part of the City Craft for the 

Point System. 
Program: Secure a Fire Chief to talk about the 

system of alarms, which divisions of the 

apparatus answer which alarms, with 

stories about some of the disastrous fires in 

your locality. 
Games: Indoor track meet concluded; High 

jump; Obstacle relay; Hurdles; Regular 

relay. 

Forty-third Aim: To get the Knights into the open. 

Meeting Program: A spring holiday hike with a steak 

supper at some camp. 

Forty-fourth Aim: To hold a strong closing meeting. 

Meeting Program: A May supper with strawberry short 

cake. Review of the year's work, with 
criticisms, team records, songs. 

Section 2. Second Year Program 

First Aim: To awaken enthusiasm for the next 

Meeting meeting. 

Program: An outline of plans for a supper 
meeting, with appointment of committees: 
Program committee; Welcome committee; 
Supper committee; Initiation committee. 
Look up the names of boys eighteen years 
and over not members of the Order, and 
distribute among the Knights, to be called 
upon and invited to the supper. Invite the 
Esquires who become Knights this year. 
Games: Football; Relievo.* 

Second Aim: To make a rousing start off. 

Meeting Program: A supper with outline of plans for 

the coming year; a welcome to new members 
by the King-elect; Songs; Distribution of 
application blanks to those who wish to 
join the Order. Try to create the spirit of 
good fellowship. 
Games: Boxing bouts between members, with 
an instructor to comment on the funda- 
mentals of boxing. 

Third Aim: To impress on the Knights the genuine- 

Meeting ness of the knightly ideal. 

"'For information about games see Boy Scout Handbook, Galahad Edition. 

2 SO 



Knights — Second Year Program 



Program: A talk by the Rector on the meaning 
and application of chivalry, the vow of 
knighthood; an outline of the history and 
organization of the Order; a statement of 
the requirements for Initiation with dis- 
tribution of printed copies of the Prayer, 
the Galahad Song, and notice of the Vigil.* 
Games: Football outdoors and later wrestling 
indoors, with suitable instruction, and 
opportunity for questions. 



Fourth 
Meeting 



Fifth 
Meeting 

Sixth 

Meeting 



Seventh 
Meetin e. 



Aim: To impress upon the Knights the solem- 
nity and seriousness of membership. 
Program: The Vigil for Knights. f 

Aim: To confer the Degree of Knighthood. 
Program: Initiation.! 

Aim: To organize the body of Knights. 
Program: The King-elect in the chair as 

President of the Round Table; election of 

secretary, treasurer and Cabinet of six; 

also election of team captains and choosing 

of teams. 
Games: Football between teams A and B; 

C and D; Soccer ball between teams B and 

C; A and D. 

Aim: To create a serious interest in college. 

Program: A blackboard talk by some college 
man on the football team, illustrating foot- 
ball tactics, and illustrating and criticising 
plays in recent college games; choosing of 
college names for the Knights' teams, and 
practicing of college yells. 
Games: Football between teams B and C; A 
and D, with college speakers to coach. 



Eighth 
Meeting 

Ninth 

Meeting 



Tenth 
Meeting 



Coronation of the Ki 



n g- 



Aim: To get every Knight working at the start. 
Program: Plans for a Grocery Store Fair for the 

late autumn. Suggestions, discussion of 

plans, committees. 

Aim: To organize the Knights as the leaders of 
Lads and Paees. 



*See Chapter XII, Section 4. 
fSee Chapter X, Section 3. 
JSee Chapter XI, Section 4* 



28] 



Knights — Second Year Program 



Eleventh 
Meeting 



Twelfth 
Meeting 



Thirteenth 
Meeting 

Fourteenth 
Meeting 



Fifteenth 
Meeting 



Sixteenth 
Meeting 



Seventeenth 
Meeting 



Program: Discussion oi programs and assign- 
ment of duties. 
Games: Boxing. 

Aim: To introduce Military Craft as the section 
of the Point System to be covered during 
the year. If the Knights are not interested 
in a Point System as such, the program 
centered around the Point System may be 
worked without requirements. 

Program: Secure the Target Master of the 
local Armorv to talk on the care of the 
rifle. 
Games: If this program is carried out at the 
Armory, plan for opportunity to practice 
shooting, an arrangement which would be 
sure to spell success for the Point System. 

Aim: To carry on the interest in the Point 
System. 

Program: Secure a West Pointer to tell the 
Knights about West Point, with oppor- 
tunity for questions. 
Games: A simple drill conducted by the guest. 

Aim: To carry on a successful Fair, in which 

all work for the Court. 
Program: The Grocery Store Fair. 

Aim: To create interest in trying out for the 
Knights' dramatics. 

Program: The reading by the coach of the pro- 
posed play, previously chosen by a com- 
mittee. Organize play committee. 

Aim: To do a definite piece of service for the 
Parish, as the first of the Five Fields of 
Service 

Program: Plan with the Rector for a definite 
piece of work, addressing and stamping 
envelopes, mailing the parish paper, organ- 
izing a parish canvass in military fashion 
with captains, lieutenants and privates, 
laying winter board walks. 

Aim: To lead the Knights to see that the Church 
wishes to keep in touch with all sides of a 
fellow's life. 

Program: A Hallowe'en Masquerade "Court of 
Beaut}" dance. 

Aim: Further opportunity for shooting. 
Program: Another night at the local armory. 



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Eighteenth 
Meeting 



Nineteenth 
Meeting 



Twentieth 
Meeting 



Twenty- fir st 
Meeting 

Twenty-second 
Meeting 



Twenty-third 

Meeting 



Twenty-fourth 
Meeting 



Twenty-fifth 
Meeting 



Twenty-sixth 
Meeting 



with instruction in the Manual of Arms 
and an opportunity for shooting practice. 

Aim: To develop men who can defend them- 
selves and others. 

Program: Secure a.Y. M. C. A. boxing instruc- 
tor to illustrate some of the principles of 
boxing. 
Games: A series of boxing bouts under instruc- 
tion. 

Aim: To interest the Knights in the Lads and 

Pages. 
Program: Secure some one to talk on the Big 

Brother movement, and put it up to the 

Knights to specialize on being Big Brothers 

to the smaller boys. 

Aim: To show the Knights that it is worth 
while to possess a hobby. 

Program: The exhibition of some collection, 
the owner speaking of what the hobby has 
done for him. 
Games: Old time boys' track meet; Peanut 
race; Hoop race; Series of races with basket- 
balls, as through legs, over heads, into 
basketball nets; Passing the ball or a number 
of marbles; Indian club race. 

Aim: To foster the dramatic instinct. 
Program: The annual play. 

Aim: To plan for a minstrel show. 
Program: A try-out of songs to be sung by the 
chorus. 

Aim: To prepare for an inter-club debate. 
Program: A debate on the question by teams, 
with impromptu discussion from the floor. 

Aim: To learn the principles of wrestling. 

Program: Secure a wrestling instructor to 
speak on wrestling. 
Games: Some wrestling bouts under instruc- 
tion. 

Aim: To work in the Community as the second 

of the Five Fields of Service. 
Program: The annual play presented at the 

Home for Aged Men. 

Aim: To get the support of the whole Court for 

an annual debate. 
Program: An inter-club debate. 



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/., :.\- .... >■: . \im. I'o spend .in evening in definite scientific 
Meeting si udj . 

Program: Secure some speakei on the principles 
ol the magnel and theii application in Indus 
trial life. 
( ■ \ m i s W i esl lin •.: boul s, 

Twenty-eighth \m. Vo see the city's industries, as pan ol 
Meeting \ ocal u>n.il guidance. 

Program: An evening visit to the office of some 

il.uh morning newspaper. 

Twenty ninth Vim: To suggest college as the plan for next 
Meeting year. 

Program: Secure men in your parish who are 
,ii college, during .1 winter vacation; have 
each tell of Ins college, us schedule ol' work 
and play, with opportunity lor questions. 
Games: Basketball by teams named after the 
colleges representea. 



Thirth th 
Weeti >: •■: 



\i m : I'o foster 1 he dra mat ic insl 
Program : Tin- Minsl re] Show 



Thirty first Aim : To strike 1 he 



1 he Lenten seasc 



Meeting and to continue stud] in the World field ol 

Previous to Christian Service. 

./*// Program: \ lantern talk by .1 live Missionary. 

Wednesday Games: Obstacle relay; Regular relay; 

Hurdles. 
Thirty-Second Aim: To interest the Kni-hts in the Tivs of 

Meeting chn airy. 

Program: \n exhibition in fencing; some 

stones ol .1 neient 1 1 ines. 

Gam es : Fencing bout s. 

Thirty third \im: To work in the Hioeese as the third of the 

Meeting Five Fields ol Service. 

Program: Arrange to present the Minstrel 

Show at some Mission suggested by I he 

Bishop 8 missionary , 

Thirty-fourth Aim: To teach the Knights the routine of the 

Meeting Stale Legislal ure. 

Program: Turn the club into a State legislal 
ing body with Governor, Lieutenanl Gover 
nor. Senate, Mouse ol Representatives, 

Speaker, clerks, with some issue lo Tiseuss. 
Thirty liltli Aim: To ha\e the knights worship together in 

Meeting Lent: ami to prepare foi the Easter Com 

Holy Week muniori. 



2 SI 



Knights Third 



Program: Attendance at the evening services 
during Holy Week, followed by a short 
Service of Preparation.* 

Thirty-sixth Aim. To show the Knights how to handle a 

Meeting horse, as pari ol Military Craft in the Point 

System. 
Program: Get a member of the cavalry to 
bring his horse and illustrate the require- 
ments of the Point System, with oppor- 
tunity given to mount and ride. 

Thirty-seventh Aim: To acquaint the Knights with the military 
Meeting forces of America. 

Program: An illustrated lecture on the Army, 
with an explanation of its service divisions. 
Games: Fencing. 

Thirty-eighth Aim: To study the Nation, as the fourth of the 
Meeting Five Fields of Service. 

Program: A talk by picked boys on the spiritual 
forces of the country, as contrasted with the 
military forces of the last meeting. 
Games: A joke athletic meet. 

Thirty-ninth Aim: To get out into the open. 
Meeting Program: A steak dinner at some camp in the 

woods. 

Fortieth Aim: To wind up in good style. 

Meeting Program: Supper at the parish house, with 

reports and team results, staging a bout in 

boxing, wrestling and fencing, movies, 

songs. 

Section 3. Third Year Program 

First Aim: To awaken enthusiasm for the next 

Meeting meeting. 

Program: An outline of plans for a supper 
meeting, with appointment of committees: 
Program committee; Welcome committee; 
Supper committee; Initiation committee. 
Look up the names of boys eighteen years 
and over not members of the Order, and 
distribute among the Knights, to be called 
upon and invited to the supper. Invite the 
Esquires who become Knights this year. 
Games: Football; Relievo. f 

*See Chapter VI, Section 1. 

f For information about Games see Boy Scout Handbook, Galahad Edition 

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Aim: - » start off. 

Program: A supper with outline 

_ - member? 

i x .-. ect; Songs; Distribution of 
- who wis 
join create the sp 

ship 
Ga: - sing - - 

an ' comment on the i.. 

mentals of bos a 

To impress on the Kn »hts the genuine- 

:he knight, ie 

Program: A talk by the Rector on the meaning 

and application ;: chivalry, the 

knighthood; an outline of the history and 

organization the Order: a s:^tement of 

- for Initiation with dis- 

of printed copies of the Prayer. 

the . S - and notice of the Vigil.* 

Ga: - tball outdoors and later wrestling 

suitable instruction, and 
opportunit For questions. 

Aim: To impress upon the Knights the solem- 
nity and seriousness of membership. 
Program: The Vigil for Knights f 

Aim: To confer the Decree of Knighthttc. 
Program: Initiati; : 

Aim: To argai the body of Knig its 
Progra:. King-elect in the chair as 

President of the Round Table; election of 

secretary, treasurer and Cabinet of six; 

also election of team captains and choosing 

of teams. 

s A and B; 

C and D ; S ccer ba betwe en teams B and 

C; A and D. 

Aim: To create a serious interest in coliece. 

Program: A blackboard talk by some college 
man on the football team, illustrating foot- 
ball tactics, and illustrating and criticising 
s in recent college games; choosing of 
college names for the Knights' teams, and 
practicing of college yells. 



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Knights— Third Year Pr' 

zt B and C; A 
and D, with college peak* ach. 

ation of the Kin?. 



Aim . anize the r - - - 

Lads and Pai 

Program: A survey of the programs for 

and Pages with appointment of committees 
and dutit S -_ B e Brother move- 

ment, and discuss the methods and results 
of last year's efforts. 
(j. indoor track meet of boys' events 

to catch the spirit of boys' games and 
interests. 

Aim: To interest the Knights in the opportunity 
Me- to serve in the Church School. 

Program: Have the Rector present the needs 
of the Church School and the responsibility 
of those who accept the challenge to serve 
either as teachers or officers. 

[es: Football; Soccer ball; Outdoor vollev 
ball. 

Eleventh Aim: To present Knightliness and Service Craft 

Meeti as the section of the Point System to be 

covered this year. 
Program: A talk on chivalry brought up to 
date and applied to the Knight's age 
Games : Ancient games of chival ry '■' restling; 
Boxing; Fencing; Tilting. 

Twelfth Aim: To acquaint the Knights with the tradi- 

Meeting tion of the Knights of the Round Table. 

Program: Stories of the Round Table told by 
selected Knights. Instead of games, have 
work night, each Knight to make a shield 
with a suitable motto, and a sword. 

Thirteenth Aim: To get the annual play under ws .-/.' 

Meeting Program: The reading by the coach of the 

play, previously selected by a committee. 

Committees created to take charge of the 

business of the play, and an hour appointed 

for try-outs. 

Fourteenth Aim: To have the Knights do something to- 

Meeting gether. 

Program: Attend a hockey game or indoor 
track meet. 

*See Charter XIX. 



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ear 



Program 



Fifteenth Aim: To get. every Knight working. 

Meeting Program: Plan a Department Store Fair, to 

be run at the time of Christmas buying. 
Discussion of plans, suggestions, com- 
mittees. 

Sixteenth \im: To lead the Knights to feel that they arc 

Meeting capable of entertaining themselves. 

Program: A stunt night for members and 
friends. 

Seventeenth Aim: To make dancing a normal interest within 

Meeting the Church's social life. 

Program: A Masquerade "Court of Beauty" 

Dance, Hallowe'en, New Year's, Valentine's 

Day. 

Eighteenth Aim: To do a piece of Parish work as work in 

Meeting the first of the Five Fields of Service. 

Program: An entertainment given by the 
Knights with the lower Degrees as their 
guests for the Christmas Conclave;* re- 
freshments provided by the Knights. 

Nineteenth Aim: To give opportunity for self-expression 

Meeting and to find possible candidates for the inter- 

club debate; also, to teach the procedure of 
a National nominating convention. 
Program: Hold a Convention and nominate a 
candidate. Different sections of the house 
might represent the interests and set for- 
ward the qualifications of the men who seem 
in line for nomination. The "candidates" 
would represent men actually before the 
public at the time, and it would be the 
latter's qualifications that they would 
speak of. This program fits especially well 
when a presidential election is near. 

Twentieth Aim: To follow up the enthusiasm for debating. 

Meeting Program: A try-out debate on a question to be 

debated later with another club. Oppor- 
tunity for discussion from the floor. 

Twenty-first Aim: To choose a bowling team. 

Meeting Program: A bowling match by teams in the 

Y. M. C. A. alleys. Choose a team to repre- 
sent the Court in an inter-church league. 

Twenty-second Aim: To give opportunity for the expression of 
Meeting knightliness and to work in the Community 

as the second of the Five Fields of Service. 

*See Chaptei XVIII. 



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Knights Third Year Program 



Twenty-third 
Meeting 



Program: Organize the Knights to be chival- 
rous toward the aged. Plan to give an 
entertainment in the city Home for the 
Aged. 
GAMES: Vollej ball; Indoor baseball 

Aim: To foster the dramatic instinct. 
Program: The annual play. 



Twenty-fourth Aim: To spend an evening learning more of 
Meeting some scientific subject. 

Program: A talk on "Scientific Thermometers" 
Games: Wrestling bouts. 



Twenty-fifth 

Meriin" 



Twenty-sixth 
Meeting 



Twenty-seventh 
Meeting 



Twenty-eighth 
M ee.ing 

Twenty-ninth 
Meeting 



Thirtieth 
Meeting 



Thirty-first 

Meeting 

Lent 



Thirty-second 
Meeting 

Thirty-third 
Meeting 



Aim: To know more of industrial life, thus 

furthering vocational guidance. 
Program: To visit a foundry at night. 

Aim: To show the value of aesthetic interests, 
the love of the beautiful in art. 

Program: Secure some one who can talk in- 
terestingly on "Appreciating Pictures." 
Games: Boxing bouts. 

Aim: To work in the Diocese as the third of the 

Five Fields of Service. 
Program: Offer the services of the group to the 

Bishop's missionary to put on the annual 

play at some mission. 

Aim: To spend a strenuous evening. 
Program: An indoor track meet. 

Aim: To encourage a right use of card games, 
to show that the fun of playing cards lies 
in the game and not in gambling. 

Program: A whist tournament. 

Aim: To secure the interest of all. 
Program: Plan a vaudeville show; suggestions; 
plans; committees. 

Aim: To connect the Lenten season with Club 

life. 
Program: Attend as a group one of the evening 

services during Lent. 

Aim: To get everyone out for a swim. 
Program: Secure' Y. M. C. A. tank. 

Aim: To give the Knights a wider knowledge of 
the world, and a study of the World as the 
fifth of the Five Fields of Service. 



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Thirty-fourth 
Meeting 



Thirty-fifth 
Meeting 
Holy Week 



Thirty-sixth 
Meeting 



Thirty-seventh 
Meeting 



Thirty-eighth 
Meeting 



Thirty-ninth 
Meeting 



Fortieth 
Meeting 



Program: Travelogues, reflectoscope of South 
America; even a post card reflectoscope with 
good speaker is of great interest. 

Aim: To keep the Knights together through 

competition. 
Program: Secure Y. M. C. A. for pool and 

billiard tournament. 

Aim: To connect the Quest of the Holy Grail 
with the service of the Holy Communion. 

Program: A service of preparation for the 
Easter Communion.* 

Aim: To interest the Knights in going to college. 

Program: A day spent in a college, attending 
lectures and chapel, visiting dormitories, 
seeing places of interest. Many colleges 
now have a guest day in the spring months. 

Aim: To organize the Knights to arrange a life 
work conference as work for the Nation, 
the fourth of the Five Fields of Service. 

Program: A supper for the churches of the 
community or for Courts of the Order of 
Sir Galahad in your zone, or for High 
School boys in your town, each boy invit- 
ing boys in his school, with professional 
men to present the appeal of the several 
professions, including the Ministry but not 
over-emphasizing it. 

Aim: To get out into the open as a group. 
Program: A holiday hike to some camp, with 
a steak supper. 

Aim: To get the Knights looking forward to 

next year's schedule. 
Program: A discussion through criticism and 

suggestion of the year's schedule, finding 

v/ays of improving it. 
Games: An outdoor track meet. 

Aim: To close the season with the best good 
time. 

Program: A supper, with records, team results, 
speeches and entertainment; boxing, wrest- 
ling; fencing; movies; songs. 



*See Chapter VI, Section 1. 



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CHAPTER XVII 

SUGGESTIONS FOR COUNSELORS' 
PROGRAMS 




TO FURTHER THE CAUSE OF YOUTH AND MANHOOD 



CHAPTER XVII 
Suggestions for Counselors' Programs 

No attempt has been made to write a series of pro- 
grams for Counselors' meetings. This Degree may 
comprise young men who have grown up in the 
Order or it may comprise the men of the Parish 
through the merging of the men's societies with 
The Order of Sir Galahad. Naturally the program 
would differ materially in some respects according as 
either plan is followed. 

The most we propose to do, therefore, is to outline 
some working suggestions with reference to programs 
for this Degree. 

1. One meeting a month is sufficient if there is also 

provided a monthly business supper. 

THE MONTHLY BUSINESS SUPPER 

2. The business supper ought to be short and 

snappy, begin on time, — 6:30 sharp, and never 
run bevond ten minutes of ei^ht. 



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3. At the business supper the problems connected 

with the successful running of the club ought 
to be discussed. 

4. Too much business spoils a supper, — tuck in 

some items of business during the meal, 
between courses, anything to cut down the 
time to be devoted to business after the supper. 

5. Simply a business meeting will not continue to 

draw a good attendance. At each meeting, 
therefore, run a feature stunt, the stunt to be 
a secret: also never fail to have a speaker for 
the last fifteen minutes, some type of man on 
financial problems, presidents of local banking 
institutions, principals of schools, managers of 
local industries, labor leaders. 

6. Do not forget the singing. Have some one at the 

piano ten minutes before the supper and keep 
him playing. Have a few songs before the 
"eats"; the "ritual" may be simply the singing 
of America before sitting down, and one verse 
of The Star Spangled Banner upon closing. 

7. Make it possible for any member to invite a 

friend upon notifying the chairman in good 
season; see that the visitors are publicly intro- 
duced during the supper. Have a song into 
which the visitor's name can be inserted. 

8. Memorialize some member at every supper by a 

"fool" presentation and speech. This helps to 
create the spirit of fellowship. 

9. From time to time, in place of a speaker, prime 

a member to start an open discussion on any- 
thing and everything, priming one or two 
others also so that the discussion will not lag. 
10. Plan games of whist for those who want to stay 
after eight o'clock, but see to it that the 
formal meeting closes on time so that members 
may meet other engagements; occasionally 
plan a bowling party for those who have the 
evening open and care to go. 

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regular monthly meetings 

11. The monthly eight o'clock meeting may take the 

form of an open smoker and talk. 

12. Throw open the meeting to all men of the Parish 

and their friends. 

13. Do not have any Club business unless imperative. 

14. Provide smokes and furnish refreshments. 

15. Talk up the meetings and speakers through the 

local papers. 

16. Get big men, even if the Club has to pay for a 

man once in a while. 

17. Get these men early in the year and print your 

program. 

18. Try once a year to line up the men's organization 

in service to the Parish. No men's club is 
continuously successful if interested solely in 
its own amusement, yet the piece of service 
must be definite as well as worth while; e. g., 
the annual drive for pledges for the duplex 
system; an Every Member canvass; a Go to 
Church drive; a men's Corporate Communion. 

19. Visits to other parishes create a spirit of unity 

and fellowship. Whist, pool, billiards, bowl- 
ing contests or tournaments hold interest well. 
Try to go by automobiles. When entertain- 
ing other organizations serve refreshments. 

20. At least once a year secure a camp and hold a 

steak supper or clam bake. Go some distance 
by automobiles. Organize games, as fat man's 
ball; quoits; volley ball; a five inning baseball 
game. 

21. Use the men as foster fathers to boys whose 

fathers are unable to take them to the Fathers 
and Sons' Banquet.* 

22. Get the men out to the Annual Banquet. f 

*See Chapter V, Section 2. 
fSee Chapter V, Section 1. 



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CHAPTER XVIII 

TYPES OF PROGRAMS FOR FULL 
CONCLAVES 



CHAPTER XVIII 
Types of Programs for Full Conclaves 

The King's Conclave 

Aim: To crown the King. 

Program: The coronation of the King.* 

The Hallowe'en Conclave 

FIRST TYPE 

Aim: To give the older boys an opportunity to direct a 

large and important meeting as part of their 
development as leaders. 

Program: The following to be in charge of older groups for the 
enjoyment of the younger group, — guessing con- 
tests with prizes, e. g., how many marbles in the 
jar? how many beans in the bag? how many 
dots on the card? cracker eating contest; cutting 
the cake; 25 feet dash (gathering thread in the 
mouth); peanut races; ducking for apples; are 
you there; hypnotism; mesmerism. 

SECOND TYPE 

Aim: To have a good time by giving others a good time. 

Program: An "all ghosts" party for boys in the community, 
who might be invited through the local Family 
Welfare Society or Associated Charities. Every- 
one to wear masks. Have a ghost at the door of 
the Hall of Conclave who shakes hands with 
each person as he enters the darkened room. 
Telling ghost stories in semi-darkness. Refresh- 
ments. 

THIRD TYPE 

Aim: To interest the boys in electricity while giving them 

a good time. 

Program: A "watch your step" party for Hallowe'en night. 
Have a ghost at the door of the Hall of Conclave 
who in shaking hands gives each member an 
electric shock as he passes into the darkened 

*See Chapter VIII, Section 1. 

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room. Follow this up with a clout with a pillow 
from an invisible person. Stand boys on a 
damp rug and obtain an electric spark. Form a 
ring and pass an electric current through the 
boys. Have the boys hold the handles in tub 
of water and turn on the electric current. 
"Phosphorize" a union suit and create a living 
phosphorescent ghost who passes around among 
the boys with a plate of "brains" (macaroni) and 
recognizes different people whom he has "come" 
for. Electric club swinging. 

The Advent Conclave 

FIRST TYPE 

Aim: To stir up interest in reading the Bible. 

Program: On the Conclave night nearest Bible Sunday, a 
talk on "The Boys' Bible," being a reproduction 
of stories from the Bible having real human 
interest; as Jacob and Esau, Moses, Samuel, 
Jonathan, David, St. Paul; stories of our Lord. 
Refreshments. 

SECOND TYPE 

Aim: To present the ministry in terms that appeal to the 

imagination of boys. 

Program: A presentation of the claims and opportunity of the 
ministry. Plan a Life Work Conference of the 
Galahad Courts in your territory and for the 
boys of the Church Schools in your district. 
Have it come on the Monday following the 
third Sunday in Advent. 

THIRD TYPE 

Aim: To acquaint the boys with the great prophetic line of 

divine messengers who prepared the way for 
Christ. 

Program: A stereopticon or reflectoscope lecture illustrating 

(a) ing the lives of the prophets, with running com- 
ments upon their connection with the coming 
of Christ. 

(b) Reproduction of the Sargent pictures of the Prophets 

by "living pictures" with appropriate comment. 



Thanksgiving Conclave 



FIRST TYPE 



Aim: To get the whole Parish interested in the Order. 

Program: A Harvest Home supper, festival and entertain- 

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ment organized by the Court for the whole 
Parish; turkey supper, boys dressed as farmers 
serving; a country dance; a play centering 
around harvest time or a countryside minstrel 
show. 

SECOND TYPE 

Aim: To get every member working for the Court. 

Program: A Harvest vegetable, fruit and grocery sale with 
decorations to suit the occasion. 

THIRD TYPE 

Aim: To interest members in farming. 

Program: An illustrated lecture on the farm lands of the West. 



Christmas Conclave 

FIRST TYPE 

Aim: To teach the joy of giving. 

Program: A Christmas party planned for boys in the com- 
munity whose names are secured through the 
Family Welfare Society or Associated Charities. 
Races for younger boys directed by older boys; 
entertainment — tumbling stunts; ventriloquist; 
mystery man; Santa Claus, carols, lighting of 
the Christmas tree, with a small present given 
to each guest. 

SECOND TYPE 

Aim: To put the spirit of Christ into Christmas. 

Program: Obtain a large truck, an orchestra (perhaps of your 
own members), and take the whole Court out 
caroling on Christmas Eve. Sing in squares, at 
hospitals and in front of homes of sick parish- 
ioners. Return to the parish house for coffee 
and eats. 

THIRD TYPE 

Aim: To give the Court a Christmas party. 

Program: A Yule log, stories, carols, dancing round the Yule 
log, hot dogs and coffee, appearance of Santa 
Claus with a present for each small boy, as 
knives, games, books, bag of candy. 

New Year's Conclave 

FIRST TYPE 

Aim: To interest the fathers of the boys. 

Program: The Annual Fathers and Sons' Banquet.* 

*See Chapter V, Section «?. 

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SECOND TYPE 

Aim: To develop interest in the Quest of the Holy Grail. 

Program: A stereopticon lecture on the Quest of the Holy- 
Grail.* 

THIRD TYPE 

Aim: To develop interest in other lands. 

Program: A stereopticon lecture on the Dominion of Canada. f 

Camp Reunion Conclave 

FIRST TYPE 

Aim: To get old and new campers together. 

Program: A business meeting with discussion of next year's 
plans. Slides of camp, including specially pre- 
pared slides from snapshots taken by campers 
last year; camp songs; cheers; eats. Invite 
prospective campers. 

SECOND TYPE 

Aim: To awaken interest in next year's camp. 

Program: A business meeting with discussion of next year's 
plans. A vaudeville entertainment of take-offs 
on past campers by members of different Courts. 
Contests in yells. Here is a chance to exchange 
snapshots of camp. Basketball game between 
members of two Courts represented at camp. 
Songs; yells; eats. 

THIRD TYPE 

Aim: To get the members thinking of camp. 

Program: A business meeting with discussion of next year's 
plans. Invite prospective members. A camp 
reunion supper; speaking contests, — "The meal 
I liked best," "The game I liked best," "The 
squad I liked best"; an indoor baseball contest 
between teams from opposing Courts; potato 
race contest between teams from opposing 
Courts. 



Abraham Lincoln Conclave 



FIRST type 

Aim: To tell the story of Abraham Lincoln. 

Program: A stereopticon lecture on Lincoln. 

*Curtis and Cameron, Copley Square, Boston, Mass., will rent a complete 
set of slides. 

tSlides may be secured at any Agency of the Canadian Pacific Railway 
upon request and without charge other than express. 

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SECOND TYPE 



Aim: To broaden the members' knowledge of American 

Presidents. 
Program: An illustrated lecture on American Presidents. 

THIRD TYPE 

Aim: To spend the holiday in the open. 

Program: A hike to the woods with eats cooked at individual 

fires. Team games headed by Knights, — Taking 

the fort; Relievo; Paper chase. 

Theodore Roosevelt Conclave 

FIRST TYPE 

Aim: To inspire the members through a larger knowledge 

of Roosevelt. 
Program: An illustrated lecture on Theodore Roosevelt.* 

SECOND TYPE 

Aim: To interest the members in the value of the Strenu- 

ous Life. 

Program: A short talk on how Roosevelt came to typify the 
strenuous life. An exhibition of some of the 
sports in which Roosevelt engaged — Boxing 
bouts; Wrestling bouts; Fencing. 

THIRD TYPE 

Aim: To teach the members true Americanism. 

Program: A lecture, "Theodore Roosevelt and American 
Ideals." Salute to the flag; America. 

George Washington Conclave 

FIRST type 

Aim : To interest the members in the American Constitution. 

Program: Retell the story of the birth of the Nation, i. e., the 

writing of the Constitution. Salute to the Flag; 

The Star Spangled Banner. 

SECOND TYPE 

Aim: To tell the story of the Flag. 

Program: A stereopticon lecture illustrating the development 
of the Flag. Salute to the Flag. 

THIRD TYPE 

Aim: To get into the open. 

Program: A holiday hike to some historic spot. 



*See Scribners', 1921. 



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Mid-winter Athletic Conclave 

An indoor athletic meet between the Galahad Courts in your 
district. 

Spring Athletic Conclave 

An outdoor athletic meet between the Galahad Courts in your 
district. 

Lenten Conclave 

A service of preparation some night in Holy Week, for the 
Easter Communion, with the preparation centering around the 
traditions of the Holy Grail.* 

The Annual Banquet Conclave 

Open to all members whose dues are paid. Annual elections. f 



*See Chapter VI, Section 1. 
tSee Chapter V, Section 1. 



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CHAPTER XIX 
DRAMATICS 



CHAPTER XIX 

Dramatics 

As a Program Feature 

BENEFITS 

A feature of Court activity that should receive 
special consideration in the year's program, for' the 
older boys especially, is Dramatics. It furnishes a 
means of raising money for camp, of unifying the 
interests of the members and of making The Order 
of Sir Galahad better known to the parish and the 
community. 

SELECTION OF THE PLAY 

The successful presentation of a good play calls 
forth from the Court varied talents and demands the 
loyalty of every member as well as the leadership of 
an earnest, conscientious committee. This com- 
mittee must first choose the play, and in doing this, 
must consider many things: the kind of play, whether 
modern or classic, light or serious; the scenery re- 
quired; the number and ability of those who are to 
take part; the expense of royalty charges and cos- 
tumes. Whatever the kind of play, it should be of 
high grade, so that the time spent may be of real 
benefit to those who take part, and a credit to the 
Court as well as a source of entertainment to those 
who patronize it. 

PREPARATION FOR PRODUCTION 

After the play has been selected, the cast must be 
chosen. To interest all the members and to bring to 
light hidden talents "try-outs" may be held open 
to all who are eligible to take part. The final choice 
may be made by the committee or by the one who 

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is to direct the play, who visualizes the play as a 
whole and the characters in their relation to each 
other. If this person is a hired coach, there should 
be one member of the committee responsible for 
notifying the members of the cast of the time and 
place of rehearsals, and for directing the rehearsals 
when the coach is absent. 

One member of the committee is responsible for 
everything in connection with the stage, scenery, 
lighting and furniture, and very important is the 
work of the "property man," who sees that everyone 
has everything he needs for his part and that all 
necessary properties are on hand when needed. 

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 

Then there is the business manager who arranges 
for the place where the play is to be given, sees to 
the printing and distribution of tickets, solicits 
advertisements and plans the program; in fact, is 
responsible for everything connected with the finances 
of the undertaking. 

CO-OPERATION 

These various duties may be subdivided and the 
committee individually and as a whole must be 
ready to help out at any time. They must arouse 
the interest of the Court members in trying for a 
part in the play and in selling tickets, for co-opera- 
tion is the keynote of the success of the drama both 
socially and financially. 

To give a good play well is not an easy thing, but 
it is worth while. Perhaps the members of the cast 
benefit most in the training they receive in self- 
forgetfulness, in learning to place themselves in the 
position of others, in practice in clear enunciation 
and poise. If the committee works faithfully, the 
members gain in initiative, in decision, in leadership, 
in the development of a sense of responsibility, for the 
play when once undertaken must not be given up. 
Their ideals should be high and their courage firm. 
The temptation to yield to cheap popularity is great, 

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but in the end the greatest satisfaction comes from 
presenting well a really good play. 

POSSIBILITIES 

To indicate the possibilities of dramatic work 
seriously undertaken, the experience of St. Stephen's 
Court in Lynn, Massachusetts, is worth citing. The 
first play attempted was an abridged version of 
Julius Caesar. It was followed the next year by an 
original sketch, A Day at Camp. The following year 
the Court returned to Shakespeare in The Merchant 
of Venice, which was followed by Twelfth Night and 
As You Like It. A Shakespearian play presents 
many difficulties and demands hard work from 
everyone but also brings great rewards. These plays 
require hard study on the lines and also somewhat 
difficult costuming. The correct costumes can, how- 
ever, be furnished completely by professional cos- 
turners. The stage setting may be very simple and 
there is of course no royalty to pay. 

Next the Court presented Goldsmith's She Stoops 
to Conquer and Sheridan's School for Scandal, both 
interesting and well worth giving. 

Having presented these older plays, the Court 
then turned to modern ones and have given the 
following: The House Next Door, Disraeli, Strong- 
heart, The Passing of the Third Floor Back, The Man 
from Home and The Fortune Hunter. 

For the past three years the plays have been 
directed by a professional coach who combines with 
clever professional skill high ideals and a real interest 
in The Order of Sir Galahad. Such coaching practi- 
cally assures success. 

From the beginning this Court has had the benefit 
of the talent of the girls of the parish, who have 
contributed largely to the success of the plays. 
Such plays as have been given could not have been 
presented successfully without their generous co- 
operation. Besides taking part, they have materially 
added to the proceeds by selling candy between 
the acts. 

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It has been the custom in this Court to have danc- 
ing after the play. This increases the sale of tickets 
and adds greatly to the friendly, social spirit of the 
evening. 



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CHAPTER XX 
THE POINT SYSTEM: CRAFTS 



Section 1. Inti 


oduction. 


Section 2. The Program Grafts: 


1. 


Club Graft. 


2. 


Indian Craft. 


3. 


Wood Craft. 


4. 


Scout Craft. 


5. 


Church Craft. 


6. 


Athletic Craft. 


7. 


Health Craft. 


8. 


Camp Craft. 


9. 


Sky Graft. 


10. 


Sea Craft. 


11. 


City Craft. 


12. 


Military Craft. 


13. 


Knightliness and Service Craft 


Section 3. Supplementary Grafts: 


1. 


Chivalry Craft. 


2. 


Citizenship Craft. 


3. 


Church Building Craft. 


4. 


Church Symbol Craft. 


5. 


Church School Craft. 




"AND FOLLOW ALL THAT MAKES A MAN" 

From Baldwin's "Story of the King." Copyright, by Permission of the American 
Book Company, Publishers 



CHAPTER XX 
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Section 1. Introduction. 

In the chapters on Programs reference is frequently 
made to the Point System. Programs of the test 
type are classified in thirteen groups, called Crafts, 
each of which offers tests whether physical, intellec- 
tual, social or devotional, in a single sphere of achieve- 
ment, each Craft having sufficient tests easy enough 
for a normal boy to awaken his interest and lead 
him to make a start, yet having also some tests of a 
more difficult nature. A boy who completes a 
Craft may feel that he has equipped himself with 
skill and knowledge that makes him something more 
than a novice in the field represented by that Craft. 

A record is kept of all completed tests, with a 
distinctive award for the completion of each Craft. 
By assigning to each item a relative number of 
points with which the boy is to be credited as he 
achieves it, and requiring for the completion of each 

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Craft a designated minimum total of points, the 
Point System may be made so difficult that it will 
require some years for the obtaining of all the awards, 
and thus the Award of Highest Excellence.* 

At the same time that pursuit of the Crafts is 
awakening the boy's interest, and he is seeking the 
awards which betoken their completion, the same 
tests may serve for the measurement of his attain- 
ments as expressed on his "Foursquare Men" chart-t 
Some of the items, furthermore, represent effort 
which may fairly be credited in one of the Five 
Fields of Christian Service, in the program of the 
Church School Service League. { 

It is not intended that the Point System should 
be confined to the items here mentioned, or to the 
Crafts for which provision is made in the Programs. 
The supplementary Crafts gathered in Section 3 
may be substituted or used in addition to the Program 
Crafts; and any Director may enlarge the series at 
will, once he has caught the idea that 
underlies the system. 



Section 2. The Program Crafts. 

Club Craft 




Be able to repeat the Galahad Quest. 
Repeat the Galahad Song. 
Repeat the Esquire's Prayer. 
Repeat the Page's Prayer. 
Repeat the' Knight's Prayer. 



*See Chapter XXII, Section 4. 
tSee Chapter I, Section 4. 
jSee Chapter I, Section 5. 



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6. Repeat the Counselors' Prayer. 

7. Repeat Dr. Hyde's prayer for boys. 

8. The Mottoes of the five Degrees. 

9. Describe how the King of the Order is elected. 

10. Describe the ritual of the Full Conclave. 

11. Narrate the Sir Galahad tradition. 

12. What does the Sir Galahad tradition stand for? 

13. Tel} the Quest of the Holy Grail. 

14. Write a story of Knighthood. 

15. Who were the following: Merlin, Sir Launcelot, Sir Percival, 

Sir Bors, King Arthur. 

16. Visit the Public Library in Boston or look up reproductions 

of the frieze depicting the Galahad story and then write 
the story of the pictures in your own words. 

17. Read one of the many books on the Galahad tradition. 

Indian Craft 

1. Write an essay of not less than 500 words on the early life 

of the Indians in America. 

2. What were the names of the chief tribes of American Indians ? 

Where did they live? 

3. Read one of Parkman's books that deal with the Indians. 

4. Make a bow, arrow and string that can be of practical use. 

5. Make a score of forty per cent, with your own bow and 

arrow. 

6. Explain in writing (not less than 300 words) how the Indians 

used to follow tracks and trails. 

7. Explain in writing how to mark a trail through the woods. 

8. Demonstrate on a hike your ability to follow a blazed trail. 

Wood Craft 

1. Bring specimens and identify 15 wild flowers to be collected 

during the summer and mounte'd. 

2. Mount the same on cardboard and print in the name of 

each. 

3. Bring specimens and identify 12 trees, leaves to be collected 

during the summer and mounted. 

4. Mount the same on cardboard and print in the name of 

each. 

5. Identify ten birds, seen or heard, that spend the winter 

in your locality. 

6. State the habits of each and the value of each in the realm 

of nature. 

7. Give the call notes of 'five of these birds. 

8. Bring in five different kinds of ferns, to be collected during 

the summer and mounted. 

9. Mount the same on cardboard and print in the name of 

each. 
10. Bring in specimens of any four of the following: 

Indian arrow head, quartz, garnet, pudding-stone, mica, 
marble. 

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11. Arrange on cardboard and print in the name of each. 

12. Describe five wild animals found in your locality during 

the winter months. 

13. Bring in specimens, of 10 insects; mount on card and print 

in the name of each, to be collected during the summer 
and mounted. 

14. Describe in writing a method of finding a way out of the 

woods when lost. 

Scout Craft 

1. Demonstrate that you can tie and name 10 knots, including 

the splice and loop. 

2. Box the compass without mistake. 

3. Demonstrate application of a tourniquet. 

4. Demonstrate bringing an injured person with a sprained ankle 

from woods when two are present and when three are 
present. 

5. Give in writing antidotes for five poisons. 

6. Be able to wigwag without mistake the Morse Code in two 

minutes or the Semaphore Code in one minute. 

7. Be able to send and receive a message without mistake in 

a reasonable time. 

8. First aid: 

What would you do for the following: Fits, sunburn, 
nosebleed, sprains, dislocation, snake bites, fainting, burns, 
dog-bite ? 

9. Demonstrate that you can apply the following bandages 

and state why they are used: roller, spiral, spiral reversed, 
arm sling, triangular, head, arm, splint. 

10. Be able to wigwag without mistake both Codes as above. 

11. Teach another boy one of these codes. 

12. Be able to repeat the Scout law.* 

13. Be able to repeat the Scout oath.* 

Church Craft 

1. What is the name of your Bishop and how long has he 

been Bishop? 

2. What is the name of your cathedral, who is the head of it, 

and where is it situated? 

3. Who are the officers in a Diocese? 

4. Who is the Presiding Bishop? How is he elected? 

5. What is a General Convention and how are delegates 

elected? 

6. What is a communicant? 

7. How many communicants has your church? 

8. How many baptized people has your church? 

9. What are the names of the last six rectors of your 

church? 
10. How much does your church give to Missions? 

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11. How much is your church asked to give to Missions and 

who decides how much you should give? 

12. Who are the Wardens of your church? 

13. Give the names of the Vestry of your church. 

14. Be known to be a contributor to your church through the 

envelope system. 
15i Be known to be a contributor to Missions through the 
envelope system. 

16. Read Dean Hodges's "The Episcopal Church in America." 

17. Be known to attend the morning or evening service every 

Sunday from October 1 to April 1. 




Athletic Craft 

1. Chin yourself twelve times. 

2. Be able to do fifteen Push-ups to the satisfaction of the 

Director. 

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4. Jump seven feet in the Standing broad jump. 

5. Jump fourteen feet in the Running broad jump. 

6. Do twenty feet in the Standing Hop, Step and Jump. 

7. Do twenty-five feet in the Running Hop, Step and Jump. 

8. Jump four feet in the Running high jump. 

9. Walk half a mile in six and a half minutes. 

10. Run 50 yards in 6 seconds. 

11. Run 75 yards in 10 3-5 seconds. 

12. Run 100 yards in 12 3-5 seconds. 

13. Run half a mile within three minutes. 

14. Enter and compete in at least one-half the indoor sports 

during the season (Winter program). 

15. Win a first or two seconds or three third places in the in- 

door sports during the season. 

Health Craft 

1. Outline three groups of setting-up exercises, each of which 

would cover a fifteen-minute period, stating the value of 
each exercise. 

2. Show an increase in chest expansion that is the result 

of regular daily morning and evening setting-up exer- 
cises. 

3. Be in bed by 10 o'clock five nights a week for three months 

in succession. 

4. Take a bath or shower seven mornings a week from October 1 

to April 1. 

5. Have your teeth show the daily use of the toothbrush 

through a period of six months. 

6. Show through a period of three months by inspection at 

the weekly meetings that you are giving attention to 
your finger-nails. 

7. Write a statement of not less than 200 words on the care 

of the teeth and finger-nails, and show that yours re- 
ceive the proper care. 

8. Explain in writing the difference in effect of a cold bath 

and a hot bath. 

9. Describe the effects of walking as an exercise. 

10. Describe the effects of tobacco on a growing boy. 

Camp Craft 

This Craft may be presented during the winter program to awaken 
interest in camp and to fit would-be campers to get the most out of 
the summer camping period. 

1. Read a designated book on camping. 

2. Write an essay of not less than 500 words describing how to 

choose a camp site and how to prepare it for rain. A 
certain standard of composition should be required in all 
these essays. 

3. Write an essay of not less than 200 words describing how 

to put up a tent and ditch it. 

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4. Write an essay of not less than 200 words describing how 

to make a bed of wild material in the woods. 

5. Write an essay of not less than 100 words upon the dangers 

from mosquitoes and flies. 

6. Write an essay of not less than 300 words describing the 

best and cheapest outfit to carry on a tramping expedition. 

7. Write an essay of not less than 200 words on the care of the 

feet upon a tramping expedition. 

8. Write an essay of not less than 200 words describing how 

to build a latrine 

(a) for a permanent camping site. 

(b) for a short camping expedition. 

9. Write an essay of not less than 200 words describing the 

best methods of disposing of the camp garbage and 
refuse. 

10. Know by Christian name and surname, and be able to 

describe so that a stranger might recognize them from 
the description, one-half of the active members of your 
Court. 

11. Take part in all the holiday hikes provided during the fall, 

winter and spring months. 

12. Be known to have taken one all-night outing between 

October and May. 

13. Be known to have saved out of your earnings between 

October and May your camping expenses 

for the coming summer. §1 f|, li 

Sky Craft 

1. Point out three kinds of cloud formation 

and state what they indicate. 

2. Be able to tell the direction of the wind. 

3. Explain how to get your bearing by the sun. 

4. Point out the North Star, and explain its 

value as a guide. 

5. Point out and name five stars. 

6. Explain the effect of the moon on the stars. 

7. Take notice of four sunsets and describe 

them in writing, noticing also 

the kind of weather that fol- ( ] 

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8. Take notice of four sunrises and describe them in v/riting, 

noticing color, cloud formations, sun, etc., and also the 
sort of weather that followed during the day. 

9. What makes the grass green and the lake blue? 

10. Make a chart of the heavens on three successive star-light 

nights, marking prominent stars and constellations. 

11. Explain how a person may find the North Star. 

12. If the sun were 80,000,000 miles distant from the earth, 

how long would it take a ray of light to reach the earth? 

13. How are thunderstorms formed? 

14. Explain an eclipse of the moon. 

15. Explain how the moon gives its light to the earth. 

16. What causes lightning? 

17. What are 5 things that could act as lightning conductors?. 

18. How is rain formed? 

19. Why does it snow? 

20. Explain the seasons; the reason for day and night; for 365 

days, and 366 days in the year. 

Sea Craft 

1. Prove intimate working knowledge of 10 tenderfoot knots, 

also rolling hitch, bowline on a bight. 

2. Make the following splices: Eye splice, long splice, short 

splice. 

3. Box the compass by quarter-points and point out direc- 

tion by the stars and sun. 

4. Swim fifty yards. 

5. Be able to tell what to do with an apparently drowned 

person and demonstrate resuscitation from drowning. 

6. Be able to swim 50 yards with breast stroke, Swimming on 

the back (feet only.) Floating for 5 minutes. Side stroke. 
Overhand stroke. 

7. Tow another boy 25 yards according to life-saving methods.* 

8. Demonstrate in water the method of breaking the wrist grip, 

neck grip, back strangle. 

9. Demonstrate throwing a life line 50 yards. 

10. Teach another boy to swim. 

11. Demonstrate with another fellow both methods of resus- 

citation from drowning and name each method. 

City Craft 

1. Who is the mayor of your city or town? 

2. What is the population of your city or town? 

3. How does it compare as to population with other cities and 

towns in your state? In the nation? 

4. What proportion of the population is American born? 

5. What are the proportions of your foreign born and in what 

sections of the city or town are they located? 

6. What efforts at Americanization is your city or town 

making? 

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7. What are the names of the members of your city or town 

council? 

8. Find out what you can about each member of your city or 

town council, and submit in writing: age, business, de- 
partment represented in the council; other salient facts. 

9. What are the salaries given to the mayor and councilors? 

10. How are the aged taken care of in your city or town? 

11. What charitable organizations has your city or town, and 

what results are they achieving? 

12. How many hospitals has your city or town? Where are 

they located? Who is at the head of each? In what 
does each specialize? 

13. If a person is sick and cannot pay, what provision is made 

for him? 

14. Who is the city or town physician and what salary does he 

receive? What are his duties? 

15. Describe your city or town district nurse association. 

16. Who supports your hospitals? What is the annual budget 

of each? 

17. How many different Christian churches has your city or 

town? Where are they situated and how many members 
has each? 

18. Be known to have visited three different types of Christian 

churches and write a description of their form of service, 
contrasting what you saw with the services of your own 
church. 

19. What proportion of your city or town do not belong to 

any church? 

20. What provision is being made to take care of the unchurched ? 

21. Who is the head of your school board? How many members 

has the board? What are their names and what is their 
position and business in your city or town? 

22. How many public schools has your city or town? Where 

are they located? What grades are represented in each? 
How many pupils are there in each? 

23. What private schools are there in your city or town? 

24. How many boys in your city or town do not go to school? 

What proportion of your boys do they represent? What 
provision is made for night schools and what subjects 
are taught? How can one enter a night school? Is there 
any charge? 

25. What provision is made by your city or town for (a) play- 

grounds, (b) public baths, (c) juvenile courts, (d) boys' 
clubs? 

26. How many fire stations are there in your city or town? 

Where are they located? How many alarm boxes are 
there and where are they located? How do you send 
in an alarm? 

27. Name the prominent industries of your city or town. Who 

is at the head of each? What is the order of their impor- 
tance? What is the relative proportion of labor employed? 

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28. How does your city or town secure electric power? 

29. Where does your water supply come from? Where are the 

reservoirs situated? What provision, if any, is made to 
purify the water? 

30. What is the name of your State capital? 

31. What banks and trust companies are there in your city 

or town? 

Military Craft 

1. Sound properly on the bugle the following calls: Reveille, 

Mess, Colors, Assembly, Retreat, Taps. 

2. Make a record of 75 per cent, at target practice (lying down). 

3. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the manual of arms. 

4. Make a record of 60 per cent, at target practice (standing). 

5. Write out 10 precautionary measures with reference to 

handling a rifle. 

6. Explain in writing how to maintain a rifle in good order. 

7. Demonstrate your ability to handle four men in marching. 

(Commands, etc.); four men to be provided. 

8. Point out 10 important parts of the saddle and show how 

to put it on and remove it. 

9. Illustrate the correct way of mounting and the correct 

position in a saddle. 

10. Score 40 per cent, in target practice with bow and arrow at 

20 yards. 

11. Explain in writing (75 to 100 words) the care of your feet 

on a hike or march. 

12. Name the branches of military service in the United States 

Army. 

13. What is a Division, and of what is it composed? 

14. What is a Brigade, and of what is it composed? 

15. What is a Regiment, and of what is it composed? 

16. Give the different ranks of officers in the army. 

17. Give the different grades of enlisted men in the army. 

18. Give the corresponding grades and ranks in the navy. 

19. Who are the commanding officers of the American army 

today and how are they appointed? 

20. What are the requirements for entrance at West Point? 

Knightliness and Service Craft 

1. Be a teacher or officer in the Church School. 

2. Belong to a teachers' or officers' training class in the exten- 

sion work of your Churcl) School. 

3. Be known to have told the Lads or Pages stories during the 

year's schedule. 

4. Be known to have made a shield and a sword. 

5. Be known to have taken part in presenting a good time to 

lower Degrees. 

6. Be known to have worked in two of the Five Fields of 

Service. 

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7. Be known to have taken part in presenting an entertain- 

ment at some city institution, for the aged, the crippled, 
the poor. 

8. Be known to have helped in presenting a play or enter- 

tainment on behalf of some mission within the Diocese. 

9. Be known to have assisted in an annual parish drive. 

10. Be known to have assisted in receiving the offering at a 

church service. 

11. Be known to have called upon young men who are strangers 

in the city or town, whose names have been suggested 
by the Rector. 

12. Be known to have carried through the "Big Brother" idea 

with some smaller boy in the Court. 

13. Be known to have taken charge of a regular meeting of the 

lower Degrees. 

14. Be known to have been a member of one of the Knights' 

committees. 



Section 3. Supplementary Crafts. 

Chivalry Craft 

1. Answer briefly in writing: (a) Where was Chivalry origi- 

nated? (b) Why was it originated? (c) What knight 
was one of the noblest exemplars of Chivalry? (d) Com- 
pare the American and European conceptions of Chivalry.* 

2. The knights of old set themselves, in carrying out the aim^ 

of Chivalry, a twofold task: they gave themselves in 
service, they enforced a proper respect for women. In 
the light of these facts, (a) Why is Christianity the re- 
ligion of Chivalry? (b) Why are the aims of Chivalry 
in point today? 

3. In what way were the colonists of this country like the 

knights of old? 

4. Show in writing the effect of chivalrous customs on people 

and nations, as the French, the Germans, the Chinese, 
the Turks, the Hindoos. 

5. The Galahad Quest is for the members of the Order of Sir 

Galahad what the quest of old was for the knights of old: 

(a) Into what two parts is the Galahad Quest divided? 

(b) Name the points in the Quest that to your mind 
reflect the old-time aim of Chivalry. 

6. Show how you can be chivalrous by being (a) courteous, 

(b) kind, (c) trustworthy, (d) honest, (<?) truthful, (/) 
clean, like Sir Galahad. 

7. Name at least three men who to your mind are fine exemplars 

of modern Chivalry. Why are they? 

8. What can boys do to advance Chivalry today? 



*See Boy Scouts of America Handbook for Boys, Galahad Edition, Chap- 
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9. When a man is walking with a lady or child, why should he 
walk on the outside of the sidewalk? 

10. What will the chivalrous boy of today do when sitting in a 

car where ladies or older people are standing? 

11. Does the real Galahad boy respect and honor girls and 

women? Give examples of how this can be done. 

12. Does the real Galahad boy look out for the chance to be of 

service, (a) at home, (b) at church, (c) to his chums, 
(d) to strangers? Give examples of how such service 
can be rendered. 

13. Point out the relation between the principles of Chivalry 

and character building. 

14. Report three instances of Chivalry shown to women. 

Citizenship Craft 

1. Who is President of the United States? 

2. How is he elected? 

3. Who is Vice-President of the United States? 

4. How is he elected? 

5. What is the Senate and how is it formed? 

6. Glance through Bryce's "American Commonwealth." 

7. What is Congress and how is it formed? 

8. Name the Presidents of the United States in order and give 

the length of their terms. 

9. Name the Vice-Presidents of the United States. 

10. Be able to repeat without assistance or mistake the Pre- 

amble to the Declaration of Independence of the United 
States. 

11. Name without mistake the States of the Union. 

12. Write an essay of not less than 300 words explaining how 

the Declaration of Independence stands for liberty. 
(Choose a title of three words.) 

13. How is our state governed? 

14. In what ways does the District of Columbia differ from 

the states of the Union? 

15. Give without mistake the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. 

16. In what ways do we show honor to the flag? 

17. Open a savings account and be known to have deposited 

one dollar a month for twelve months out of money you 
have earned. 

18. Describe how a person may become naturalized. 

19. What standing has a Canadian woman who marries an 

American citizen? 

20. To which country do their children belong? 

21. What standing has an American woman who marries a 

Canadian citizen who lives in the United States but 
does not become naturalized? 

22. To which country do their children belong? 

23. Name the number of Amendments that have been made to 

the Constitution and explain how an Amendment be- 
comes law. 

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24. Give the name and date o\ each Amendment, and what its 

purpose was. 

25. What do we understand by the rule of the majority: 

Church Building Craft 

1. Draw a floor plan of your parish church, indicating each 

part of the building: as sanctuary, choir, nave, transepts, 
aisles, chapels, baptistry, noting which are essential and 
to be found in all churches and which are not always 
found.* 

2. On your floor plan of the parish church, indicate the posi- 

tions of all the articles of church furniture, with their 
names, as altar, pulpit, lectern, credence, litany desk, 
altar rail, bishop's chair, sedilia, choir stalls, organ, rood- 
screen. 

3. State the purpose and use of each of the articles of furniture 

noted in your plan. 

4. Note the position of those parts of the church building not 

visible to the congregation, and state the use of each, 
as sacristy, vestry, choir room, crypt. 

5. Name the various hangings used upon the altar and the 

other articles of furniture during service, and explain the 
changes of color that may be used. 

6. Name the vessels used in the celebration of the Holy Com- 

munion, describing the shape of each, and indicating its 
use. 

7. Explain the various articles of silk and linen which are 

brought to the altar with the Communion vessels and 
state the use of each. 

8. Name and describe the vestments worn by the clergy 

during service, indicating which belong, either in form 
or position in which worn, to different Orders of the 
ministry. 

9. Trace on your plan of the church the various parts of the 

chancel in which the clergyman or the clergymen take 
their position when taking part in the celebration of the 
Holy Communion, and note the positions taken by lay 
assistants and their parts in the service. 

10. Trace as in Question 9 the parts of the chancel used in 

saying Morning or Evening Prayer. 

11. Find in the Prayer Book and describe what takes place 

when a church building is set apart for church uses, and 
determine what requirements must be met for this purpose. 

Church Symbol Craft 

1. Examine your church building, both inside and outside, 
and note all the forms of ornamentation which seem to 
have svmbolic meaning. 



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2. List the different forms of crosses, and from a dictionary, 

or better still, a book on church ornaments,* be able to 
call each form by name. Describe any other forms of the 
cross which are in common use, but do not appear on 
your church building. 

3. Note the various symbols for the names Jesus and Christ 

to be found on or in the church building, and explain 
what they mean. 

4. Note the various symbols of Christ and of the Holy Spirit, 

and suggest others that might be used, which are of 
ancient authority. 

5. Note the various symbols of the Trinity, and suggest others 

. that might be used, which are of ancient authority. 

6. Find any symbols that may express the sufferings of Christ; 

any that may express the triumph of Christ; any that 
may express the new life which Christ gives to His Church. 

7. List and note any other symbols, and tell their meanings. 

8. Which of the symbols you have noted probably had their 

origin in those days when Christians had to use secret 
signs in order to escape discovery and persecution? 

9. Which of the symbols you have noted probably had their origin 

in the effort to teach Christian people who could not read? 

10. Which of the symbols you have noted have reference to 

the name which your church bears? 

11. If you were designing a church building, what selection of 

ornaments would you make to give appropriate emphasis 
to the name, among the following, which the church 
was to bear: (Take any ten) Calvary Church, Christ 
Church, Emmanuel Church, Grace Church, Trinity 
Church, Church of the Ascension, Church of the Atone- 
ment, Church of the Epiphany, Church of the Holy 
Spirit, Church of the Messiah, St. Matthew's Church, 
St. Mark's Church, St. Luke's Church, St. John's Church, 
St. Peter's Church, St. Paul's Church, St. Stephen's 
Church, St. Mary's Church, All Saints' Church. 

Church School Craft 

1. Name the various separate services commonly used in public 

worship stating the ways in which they may be combined. f 

2. Indicate what parts of each service remain the same, and 

which change from day to day, and where the variable 
parts are to be found in the Prayer Book. 

3. .Name the three main divisions of the Order for the Holy 

Communion and the names given to the successive parts 
in each. 

4. Define the following terms: ascription, Benedictus, Bene- 

dicite, canticle, collect, evensong, General Confession, 



*See "The Worship of the Church," Register, pp. 51-91; "Handbook ot 
Church Symbols." Clement. 

tSee "The Worship of the Church," Register, pp. 92-118; "The Teacher's 
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General Thanksgiving, Gloria Patri, Magnificat, Nunc 
Dimittis, Jubilate, offering, offertory, Te Deum, sermon, 
versicle. 

5. Show how the clergyman knows each step in conducting 

the service, with the help of (a) the rubrics, (b) the cal- 
endar, (c) the lectionary. 

6. Name the two greatest festivals of the Church and tell 

when each comes; name the other three of the five most 
important festivals, stating in what way the Prayer 
Book indicates special honor for these five. Name five 
other days of importance in the Christian Year. 

7. Name the successive seasons of the Christian year and show 

how we can find their dates and those of the other days of 
importance, from the dates of the two greatest festivals. 

8. Name the different Orders of the Ministry, and learn what 

steps would be taken if you were going to enter the 
ministry yourself. 

9. Define correctly the following titles given to clergymen in 

various capacities and show how properly to address a 
letter to each: archdeacon, canon, curate, dean, minister- 
in-charge, missioner, missionary, rector, vicar. 

10. Explain the divisions existing for purposes of government 

in the Episcopal Church in the United States, show how 
the governing body of each is formed, what its powers 
are, and where it gets its authority. 

11. Describe the "laying on of hands"; enumerate the occasions 

in which it is used, and in each case the Order of the 
ministry of those taking part. Indicate what is meant 
by the Apostolic Succession. 

12. Briefly indicate the origin of the Creeds used in our services, 

noting their likenesses and differences. 

13. Point out some likenesses and differences between the 

Episcopal Church in the United States and the Church 
of England. 

14. Write 500 words indicating the nature of a parish priest's 

labors, as you understand them. 



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THE COURT AFIELD: THE GALAHAD 
CAMP 



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Why Have a Camp? 

The Best Place for a Camp: The Site. 

Things to Do With: Equipment. 

Work and Play: The Camp Program. 

The Camp Staff. 

Ways and Means: Camp Finances. 

Rules of the Camp: Camp Regulations. 

Rules of the Game: Camp Customs. 

Camp Awards. 

Religious Features. 

Manhood Annexed. 

The Recruited Church. 

The Camp Library. 

Conclusion. 




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CHAPTER XXI 
The Court Afield; The Galahad Camp 

Section L Why Have a Camp? 

A live boy demands a live interest and there is 
nothing with which he is acquainted by experience, 
expectation or desire that is of so much interest as a 
camp. Every live boy wants to go to camp. When 
he has been, he wants to go again. What he does 
he never forgets. What he wants to do keeps him 
expectant. Altogether the experience constitutes a 
reality for boy life that is unique in its power to 
satisfy the more or less vacillating interests of boy- 
hood, while at the same time very surely contrib- 
uting elements essential to a vigorous youth and 
manhood, under conditions that develop resourceful- 
ness and self-reliance. 

CAMP AS AN EXPRESSION OF BOY INTEREST 

Although boy nature has come a long way through 
the centuries of development it still clings to those 

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early experiences that in the distant past constituted 
the normal life first of the boy, and then of the man. 
The boy loves the life lived by his ancestors in those 
distant days before there were towns or cities. 
Nature's first lessons and nature's first influences 
linger and manifest themselves in the desire periodi- 
cally to get close to nature. 

If a boy does not love to camp out something is 
wrong with him. If he does not have the chance he 
misses something essential to the realization of his 
boyhood. A boy will listen any time to stories of 
camp life, camp experiences, and his whole na- 
ture will thrill with an eager yearning for similar 
adventures. 

LIFE IN THE OPEN 

Those who are interested in boys, therefore, and 
planning to be of some service to them and studying 
how they can best deal with the boy on the plane of 
his own interests, naturally turn to camping as the 
one diversion eminently qualified to bring him the 
realization of a fundamental need of his life. Life 
in the open appeals strongly, and in some way 
opportunity should be given, especially in this day 
of crowded cities, to get the boy away from the 
artificial life and the allurements of the city to the 
stimulating life and attractions of the open. There 
is no better corrective for many of the ills that the 
city breeds, there is no life richer in possibilities for 
good, than a life lived for a short or long period on 
the side of a lake or a running stream, or afoot in 
the wilds of a big game country. 

GETTING THE BOY 

When a man interested in the welfare of boys 
deliberately chooses a camp experience as a means 
of getting close to them he chooses well; for the daily 
routine, which establishes many intimacies that are 
impossible without camp, brings boys and men 
together in a very natural, wholesome and helpful 

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way. Boys come to know and understand and 
appreciate the men who are with them, and the 
men have a great deal better chance to get the boys' 
points of view and so be sympathetic friends. If one 
is seeking an opportunity to get acquainted with the 
boy, let him put on his tramping or camp togs and 
start out to tramp or camp with him for a fortnight. 
At the end of that time, a companionship based on a 
common experience that both have enjoyed will be 
firmly established, and thereafter, in all probability, 
the man can do pretty much as he pleases in direct- 
ing the life course of his young camping friend. 

A STOREHOUSE OF MEMORIES 

The same possibility of companionship exists and 
the same results are likely to follow when these 
experiences out of doors are the experiences of a large 
number of boys banded together with a smaller 
group of men. And always in the life of the boy, 
perhaps more than in the life of the man, there is a 
body of memories that are to him as living forces to 
keep his yearnings clean and his recollections dear. 
Hours and days there will be in the life of the boy 
when, though living his life in the city, he will be all 
unconsciousof its lifeonaccount of thronging memories 
that now and then flood in upon him. Such memories 
have great value, and the finer the camping experi- 
ences have been, the greater the value. If through 
them all there has been shot the influence of high 
Christian character, moral purposes, spiritual aims 
and deep religion, the boy has become fortified by 
unseen forces that exert a powerful protective 
influence. 

It would seem, therefore, as if a camp for boys 
were an essential to their well-rounded development, 
contributing as it does to their mental, moral and 
spiritual welfare, through associations with men of 
high character, under conditions that are normal to 
the boy and appeal to the boy, and keep him every 
inch a boy. 

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Section 2. The Best Place for a Camp: The Site 

SOME ESSENTIALS 

It pays to be careful in choosing a place to go 
camping. There are some essentials that ought to 
be borne constantly in mind. Ideally the site should 
be on elevated ground, sloping a little on all sides, 
free from marshy conditions and subject to natural 
drainage. A site under dignified pine trees with the 
soft carpet of needles underneath sounds attractive, 
but on rainy days such a location for tent or shack 
proves clammy, dreary and damp; even after the 




A GALAHAD CAMP, SEBAGO LAKE, MAINE 

sun comes out perhaps days are required thoroughly 
to dry out what the rain has saturated. 

Water is essential — a stream or a lake. There is a 
natural desire to get as close to water as prudence 
permits. Hence one would naturally seek a desir- 
able location along a water course or on the shores 
of a lake, near a sandy stretch of beach where the 
water is shallow and safe for bathing, where there 
are no deep holes and no dangerous rocks, a menace 
alike to boats and to swimmers. 

The site chosen will be selected with reference not 
only to the water of lake or stream to be used for 

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boating, fishing and swimming, but also with refer- 
ence to water supply for drinking purposes. No 
chances should be taken here. It is always possible 
to have water analyzed by the State authorities, who 
will gladly supply proper containers with directions 
for bottling and shipping water for analysis. When 
analysis has been made and the character of the 
water has been established as safe or unsafe for 
drinking purposes, a big step toward the welfare of 
the camp has been taken. 

The disposal of garbage and sewage should have 
very careful consideration. One will find in the 
Chapter on Health and Physical development in the 
Scout Manual for Scoutmasters* helpful information 
on this subject that should be carefully followed out. 
In large camps that are permanently established, 
sewage will be cared for by such systems of disposal 
as are recommended by first-class sanitary engineers. 
The Imhoff or septic tanks are quite indispensable. 

SEASHORE OR INLAND CAMPS 

Seashore camps are likely to be desired by boys 
who live inland and inland camps by those who live 
on the seashore, — inland camps with mountain 
climbing possibilities near by. In New England such 
camps are found everywhere. In New Hampshire, 
Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine they are more 
numerous than seashore camps. Mountains present 
certain opportunities that test the skill and endurance 
of climbers. Mountain sites are not, however, unless 
exceptionally located near a body of water, good sites. 
It is better to be near a mountain or a lake than to 
be on a mountain with a lake some distance away. 

ACCESSIBILITY 

Make the camp a camp, but keep it near enough 
to civilization to derive some of the benefits that a 
settled community bestows. This chapter would 
hold before its readers a camp not for a few boys 
with one leader but a camp of good size, a Church 

*See Manual published for The Boy Scouts of America, 

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camp and a Court camp, more or less permanent in 
character, where groups of boys ranging in number 
from twenty-five to several hundred may be ade- 
quately and easily provided for. It is unwise to 
establish such a camp too far away from a base of 
supplies. A site ten miles from a railroad is not 
only inconvenient but impractical. Roads are 
poor in camping districts so far from railways. It 
is an expense to maintain transportation by wagon 
or by auto. Long stretches of private road through 
the woods are usually long stretches of discomfort 
and difficulty in more senses than one. Better is a 
site with a railroad station within five or six miles, 
with roads fairly good, so that the trip in a truck 
can be made quickly and with more or less comfort. 
On the other hand it is unwise to be too near a city, 
especially if the city is that from which most campers 
come; for in that case visiting days are likely to 
recur often and prove distracting. Boys ought to 
have a chance to get away from their friends and 
family for a while. 

A camp can be a real camp and yet have connec- 
tion with the outside world by long distance tele- 
phone. It can be near enough to the railroad station 
to receive and send express matter at least once a 
day. To go to the village two miles away twice a 
day for the mail is a hardship. Such trips involve 
certain difficulties that interfere with discipline and 
morale. The camp can be on a rural mail route 
where deliveries and collections are made by the 
rural postman. 

The matter of transporting supplies is important. 
Farmers near the camp may be able to furnish eggs, 
milk and butter to a limited extent. Groceries and 
meats must come from town or city. 

THE DOCTOR 

One other very important matter is the doctor. 
Country doctors are getting scarce. If the camp is 
close to a town or city, medical attention can be 
easily secured. In some cases a surgeon is needed 

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and needed quickly. It is lucky if in such instances 
a long trip to a city hospital is made unnecessary by 
a smaller institution in a near-by town. 

As a final word, then, select a site with all possible 
contingencies in mind. It may not be possible to 
get everything that one wants, but one cannot make 
a mistake by being too careful or too thoughtful. 

Section 3. Things to do with: Equipment 

It is assumed and it has already been stated, that 
what is here set forth is with reference to a group 
camp large enough to accommodate a considerable 
number, — a camp of Galahad boys leading their life 
afield during the summer as the end of the previous 
winter's work and as a preparation for the season to 
come. The camp, therefore, will necessarily be a 
camp of some size. Hence an equipment more or 
less varied is essential. 

TENTS VERSUS CABINS 

Of importance is a place to sleep. Associated with 
that thought is the tent, always picturesque, but 
possessing so few good points from the standpoint of 
actual use that it has very little to commend it. In 
a wind-storm it blows down. In rainy weather it 
leaks. In all kinds of weather it lets in mosquitoes; 
and in spite of the fact that it is more or less open, 
the ventilation is none too good unless flaps and walls 
are each day especially arranged to secure it. 

A tent cabin with floor and walls of wood and 
roof of canvas is superior. But even with this type 
of shelter mosquitoes may become very troublesome. 
The cabin made of wood, sides and ends all open and 
all screened, would seem to be the most satisfactory 
and in the long run probably the most economical 
shelter than can be devised. A very excellent cabin 
can be built for #400 that will accommodate sixteen 
boys, sleeping in double-deck cots. Such a cabin 
may be divided into two compartments, eight boys 
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open sides and ends is almost like sleeping out of 
doors. Such a shelter lasts. A tent comes down in 
a short time. A cabin will last as long as the camp 
lasts. And in the matter of opening camp in the 
spring and closing it in the autumn the labor is greatly 
reduced if such cabins are used, because it is not 
necessary to set up cots, lug in mattresses, take the 
cots down again and store them at considerable labor 
and expense. 

DINING ROOM AND KITCHEN 

Just as the cabin is better than the tent, so a large 
dining hall built to accommodate a maximum number 
is better than a dining tent. Such a building should 
have the kitchen large and equipped with every 
convenience. Camp life is often made unusually 
hard by a meagre or poor equipment, possibly by 
both. Dishes a-plenty, size and variety adequate, 
a refrigerator large enough to hold a maximum of 
supplies for a week at a time; ice harvested during 
the previous winter in an ice house near by and 
available in unlimited quantity, — these are essentials. 
Feeding a camp under such conditions means making 
the work easy for those to whom the service end of 
the camp is committed. And that is an important 
consideration. It is very awkward if in the midst 
of the camping season the cook or others essential 
to the commissary end of things decide to leave. 
Conveniences and comforts in the kitchen count. A 
good bed at night in a dry place, screened from 
mosquitoes, where rest is possible, is also essential. 

It adds a bit of picturesqueness to the camp if, 
outside the dining room or Commons or whatever 
one sees fit to call it, there is a stone fireplace where 
camp fires may be built and where on pleasant even- 
ings suppers can be cooked. On hot days, when the 
kitchen is unbearable, to use a stone fireplace for the 
cooking of "hot dogs" to be served in the usual 
style gives variety, interest and picturesqueness to 
the camp experience. 

Nothing contributes more to the conserving of 

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human energy than running water, hot and cold, in 
the kitchen and dish-washing room. It is often very 
simple to get a flow of water by gravity. Where that 
is impossible, get it by pumping to an elevated tank, 
or even by a pneumatic pump which operates as 
soon as a faucet is opened, giving a constant and 
adequate supply. If all the water used in the service 
end of the camp has to be fetched, it means extra 
labor and hard work. It is just as important to 
conserve human energy in a camp as elsewhere. 

A LODGE FOR RECREATION, WRITING AND READING 

Cabins are good for sleeping; a dining room is suffi- 
cient at meal times; but there must be some other 
place where boys can congregate on rainy days and 
evenings. A large assembly room or Lodge is quite 
necessary. This Lodge ought to have in it a fire 
place, tables for writing, a good selection of books, 
and, so far as possible, a variety of games. There is 
no place in the camp more needed and more used. 
Almost invariably in the evening the boys assemble 
here for sings, vaudeville and stunts of various kinds. 
There are some moments at certain times of the day 
when a few boys can steal in and have a quiet time 
with a book or write a letter home. In this room 
will be found the piano, and a store (if one is main- 
tained at the camp) supplying stationery, sweets 
and other things. This building is to the camp 
what the country grocery store is to the neighbor- 
hood. Everybody comes in, any time in the day. 

The Lodge might very easily be the center of the 
camp group of buildings, not only from the stand- 
point of use but also from the standpoint of position. 
Indeed, if one were to establish a camp with the 
purposes it is to serve pretty well in mind, it would 
be well to consider with an architect the best lay-out 
for the various buildings essential to a camp equip- 
ment. As one sees camp after camp, especially in 
New England, one realizes that most camps have 
grown by hit-or-miss additions year after year. Now 
that the scope of a camp is better understood, it. 

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would be possible in building new ones to make 
a great advance in the plan and lay-out. This does 
not necessarily mean expensive buildings. It does 
mean convenience and harmonious arrangement. 

FIRST AID STATION 

Important, though not conspicuous, in any camp 
group of buildings is the little building that may be 
regarded as the First Aid Station. In one part of 
the building is special provision for the care of 
campers needing first aid treatment; in another part, 
an emergency ward with cots. A few simple surgical 
implements, dishes, medicines and a chest to keep 
them in make up the equipment. The whole room 
may be done in hospital-white with running water, 
and means for heating water quickly. Here campers 
come daily for the treatment of blisters, bruises, 
cuts and other ailments. Serious cases would be 
handed over to the country doctor or sent to the 
nearest town hospital. 

THE HOME UNIT 

Where possible, it is well to have alongside the 
camp unit, as such, a dwelling which houses the 
Director and his family. In such a case the home 
unit and the camp unit intermingle. The one may 
overflow into the other with obvious advantages to 
. the camp. The camp spirit is affected by the presence 
of the family and the camp standard is appreciably 
lifted. 

RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT 

Under this head are included such items as boats, 
canoes, rafts, floats and everything for baseball, 
tennis, volley ball, medicine ball, cricket, quoits, 
basket ball, rifle practice, archery, and other games 
and occupations. These items would in very few 
cases be installed all at the same time, but would 
come as the camp grew and developed. Information 
concerning these as to kind, quality and place of 
purchase is available in any good book on camping. 

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Section 4. Work and Play : The Camp Program 

The life of camp alternates between work and play. 
Naturally work comes first. It has to be done and 
ought to be done before the play program begins. 
But first of all we should give the schedule of the 
entire day to show what part of it is work and what 
part of it is play. 

SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY 



6:30 A.M. 


Reveille 


6:35 " 


Assembly and setting up exercises 


7:15 " 


Breakfast 


7:45 " 


Colors 


10:45 " 


Tent inspection 


11-12 " 


Swimming 


12:30 M. 


Dinner 


4- 5 P.M. 


Swimming 


6:30 " 


Supper 


7:15 " 


Retreat 


9:15 " 


Quarters 


9:30 " 


Taps 



The one principle which should underlie all camp 
work is co-operation. Many hands make light work. 
Not only that, but many hands are likely to make 
also a happy atmosphere. In such an atmosphere, 
with the boys singing and joking one another, the 
work actually becomes play and loses its supposedly 
disagreeable character. 

The principle of co-operation is worked out fully 
by doing the work according to the squad system. 
Suppose the work of the camp is divided as follows: 
dish' washing, care of tables, errands and policing, 
and kitchen assistance. Every member of the camp 
on arrival is assigned to a squad, the number of 
members of each being kept equal and there being 
five squads in all. To four of these squads are 
allotted, at the opening of the camp, the four groups 
of duties respectively, while the fifth holds itself for 
the call to chance tasks. For this day the campers 
speak of themselves as being on the Dish, Table, 

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Errand, Kitchen, or Furlough Squad respectively. 
The next day the squads advance to the next group 
of duties; those who yesterday were the Dish Squad 
today are on the Table Squad; those who were on 
the Furlough today are on the Dish; and so on. The 
personnel of the squad group remains constant; 
the work assigned progresses in order from day to 
day. One group comes to its furlough each day, 
which is virtually a day of rest. A simple sliding 
device indicates each day the work assigned to each 
boy. The squad duties are listed as follows: 

Squad 1. TABLE SQUAD. Call, two strokes of bell. 

Subject to supervision of Squad Master. 

Organize under Squad Captain. 

Report in Commons one-half hour before meals. 

Before the meal set the tables under the direction 
of the Camp Matron. 

During the meal, serve as waiters, to bring food to 
table. 

After the meal, clean off the table, carry used 
dishes to wash room, put away all unused 
food in proper places, — cream, milk, sugar, 
crackers, under direction of Camp Matron. 

Wash off the tables and wipe them dry. Sweep 
floor and porches. 

Put benches and chairs in order. 

Squad 2. DISH SQUAD. No call. 
Subject to supervision of Squad Master. 
Organize under Captain of Squad, into following 
details: 

1. Grease detail. 3. Wash detail. 

2. Rinse detail. 4. Dry detail. 
Start squad under instruction of the Director. 
Use care in handling the dishes. 

Wash glasses first. 
Wash silver-ware next. 

GREASE DETAIL 

Scrape off all surplus food, putting it into five- 
gallon pail on small bench. 

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Remove remaining food by rinsing in tub haif full 

of water, soaped. 
Transfer dishes to left hand compartment of sink. 
When finished, empty pail into garbage can outside 

and cleanse pail and tub. 

WASH DETAIL 

Wash dishes thoroughly in hot water soaped, 
transferring to clear hot water, not soaped, 
in right hand compartment of sink. 

RINSE DETAIL 

Rinse dishes thoroughly in right hand compart- 
ment of sink in clear, unsoaped water, hot. 

DRY DETAIL 

Use dry towels. 

Dry the dishes and put them away in proper place. 

Rinse dish towels, and hang on line outside to dry. 

Squad 3. KITCHEN SQUAD. Call, three strokes of 
bell. 

Subject to supervision of Squad Master. 

Organize under direction of Camp Matron. 

Report to the Cook for special orders after each 
meal. 

Keep wood room supplied with hard wood and 
kindling wood. 

Gather and prepare vegetables. 

Pick berries. 

Freeze ice-cream. 

Grind coffee at night for next morning. 

Clean out stove daily, and put ashes in large gal- 
vanized iron can. 

Squad 4. ERRAND SQUAD. Call, four strokes of 
bell. 

Subject to supervision of Squad Master. 

Organize under Chief Counselor, under the follow- 
ing details: 

1. Lodge detail. Sweep and put in order. 

2. Lavatory detail. Sweep and mop. 

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3. Headquarters. Sweep and set to rights. 

4. Cabin detail. Sweep the cabins. 

5. Pick-up detail. Pick up paper and sticks, 

putting paper in baskets outside of 
Commons. Sticks go on the wood pile. 
Burn contents of waste paper basket in 
incinerator on beach, under supervision 
of the Director. 

6. Garbage detail. Bury garbage under su- 

pervision of Director. Empty glass, tin 
cans, etc., into hole prepared for rubbish. 

7. In general, work on the tennis court, as 

required, also on the boats, and be ready 
for every emergency duty. 

Squad 5. FURLOUGH SQUAD. No call. 
Subject to call by Squad Master. 
No prescribed duty. 
Members of this squad are permitted to play and 

rest without responsibility for regular camp 

duty. 

THE PLAY SCHEDULE 

Camp life is substantially all play, but on certain 
hours of the day prescribed forms of amusement 
recur regularly. For example, at six thirty in the 
morning, there are setting up exercises on the beach, 
followed by the dip. After the work of the morn- 
ing is over, play is in order until eleven o'clock, the 
swimming hour. Everybody goes in and everybody 
comes out at the same time. In the afternoon the 
second daily swimming period comes at four and 
lasts half an hour or less. These recreational periods 
are fairly constant. They are very little affected by 
the weather, as swimming is good fun rain or shine; 
sometimes it is good fun in the moonlight. At all 
events the boys make good fun of it when they have 
a chance to get in without anybody's knowledge, 
which sometimes happens though not often. During 
the rest of the day, the time may be spent as the 
campers choose. It would seem as if there might be 

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a good deal of time left for the camper to use idling 
about. It is not so. In the morning when the camp 
assembles for colors the program for the day is 
announced; those who are in charge of the play 
and athletics and other departments of camp life 
see to it that the program is put through as given 
and that all the members of the camp are made 
happy and kept occupied according to the order of 
the day. 

As soon as the camp family assembles for the usual 
two weeks' period of camp life, training is under- 




A SWAN DIVE 



taken at once in order to prepare for the events that 
come at the end of the camping period on land and 
in the water. This training occupies a considerable 
bit of the time as do also the various activities asso- 
ciated with the Point Contest, the aim of which is 
to awaken interest in the woods, the sky, 'games, 
sports, first aid; all these being associated with the 
word Craft. The Point Contest is tied up to the giv- 
ing of points in Camp Craft, Wood Craft, Sky Craft, 
Church Craft and others as described in Chapter XX. 
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participation in the Point Contest, such as recogni- 
tions awarded when a Craft is completed. This recog- 
nition may take the form of a chevron, one chevron 
for each Craft. The winners of these are announced 
usually at the supper table. The possession of a 




COMFORT OVER NIGHT 

Copyright, The Open Road 



certain number of chevrons brings a larger prize in 
the shape of some more distinctive award.* 

Other hours are occupied by over-night hikes and 
sometimes long distance hikes. Many interesting 



*See Chapter XX, Section 

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suggestions on the subject of hikes will be found in 
the Manual for Scout Leaders.* If there is one 
organization that has the right to speak with au- 
thority on hikes, it is the Scout Organization. 

Again there are cruises to be taken along the lake 
shore or up and down the river, cruises that may be 
made in one large war canoe or better still in a fleet 
of six or fewer small canoes or boats. These cruises 
will usually last for a day, sometimes for several days. 
In either case provision must be made for the welfare 
and comfort of those who go. Bedding, food and 
necessities must be supplied, and the expedition placed 
in charge of a capable and responsible Counselor. 

Another form of camp adventure is that of starting 
out the latter part of the afternoon and tramping 
three or four miles to a hill or mountain top; there, 
after eating supper, spending the night; and return- 
ing to camp the next day. 

GAMES 

Some of the games which are played at camp are: 
Baseball, Push ball, Volley ball, Cricket, Basket ball, 
Tennis, Quoits. These are for outdoors. Others for 
rainy days and indoors are: Pool, Checkers, Chess, 
and such athletic or strength stunts as can be run 
off in a good sized room. Other suggestions in great 
variety may be found in "Camp and Outing Activ- 
ities," by Cheley-Baker, Association Press. 

THE PROGRAM FOR THE PERIOD 

Just as each day has a program, so the camp period 
for which the boys come to camp also has a program. 
That is to say, certain things are scheduled to take 
place. Camp for boys does not consist merely in a 
rough-and-tumble life in the woods. It means fitting 
the camp into a well thought-out plan for the regula- 
tion of its life for a fortnight or a month or even 
longer as the case may be. Hence, training is in 
the minds of the boys from the day of arrival. They 
qualify for positions on the baseball team; they train 

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for running, jumping, putting the shot, swimming, 
rowing, diving, under the direction of competent 
and trained instructors. As the end of the camp 
period draws near, a day is set aside for an athletic 
meet, planned for the particular group at camp. 
This usually takes a whole day, sometimes the 
larger part of two days. Announcements of results 
are made at the supper table and then on the last 
night of the camp, called Prize Night, prizes are 
awarded and a general jollification takes place, usually 
featured by music, some vaudeville stunts, ice-cream, 
cake, and a jolly good time. Or the feature of the 
evening may be instead a banquet with speeches 
and awards of the camp G, pennants and the an- 
nouncement of the names of the boys winning the 
largest number of points in the different classes, 
which names will likewise be engraved on the Camp 
Trophy. An evening of this sort brings to a happy 
conclusion the camping experience of each group. 
The following morning the group packs and starts 
for home, while another group is on the way. The 
matter of transportation should be in the hands of 
one person responsible for the welfare of the boys 
coming and going. Nothing just happens at camp. 
Everything that takes place at all should take place 
as the result of plans and well-considered action. 
If this is not so, there is likely to be chaos, and there 
is no place in which chaos can be more disastrous 
than in a camp where the welfare of boys and young 
men is so constantly at stake. 

Section 5. The Camp Staff 

Most camps believe in the advisability of having 
one head responsible for the running of the camp in 
all its departments. This one man is called the 
Director. He should have under him, to take up 
the duty when he for any cause is temporarily unable 
to discharge it, an Assistant Director. These two 
men should be vigorously on the job from early 
morning until late at night. Other Counselors may 
shirk a bit, but these men never. Other Counselors 

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may fail to play the game, but these Counselors are al- 
ways in it; and the more they are in it, the more char- 
acter and spirit will the camp show, not only in the 
lives of the other Counselors but in the lives of the 
boys themselves. Obviously the man who directs a 
camp ought to know his job not from reading books 
on the subject but from actual experience through a 
term of years. This matter of running camps is a 
highly specialized piece of work, and, in view of the 
dangers and mistakes of a serious nature that might be 
made, it is very important that the man who is re- 
sponsible for camp welfare should be fitted by tem- 
perament and by training for the large responsibility 
he has to meet. 

BUSINESS MANAGER 

It would seem as if the business side of things 
might in a way be put aside at camp. What is the 
use of being business-like and having system? That 
takes time, and when you are at camp you want all 
the time you can get for just doing the things that 
you want most to do! Unfortunately camp cannot 
be run in that way, whether one likes it or not. 
There are matters of business to be attended to; 
they are very many and very important. It is 
necessary, therefore, that one should be chosen who 
has real business ability to look after all matters 
connected with the business end of things. Daily 
orders have to be given, goods have to be received 
and checked, bills have to be paid, accounts have 
to be kept, and money has to be banked, both camp 
money and campers' money, and at the end of the 
season the business affairs of the camp have to be 
checked up and a report made, showing profit or loss. 
A Business Manager is indispensable for this depart- 
ment of the work. He should be a man who knows 
books, book-keeping, and the elements of business 
transactions. 

CAMP MATRON 

There is no one who makes a larger contribution 
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than the Camp Matron. She starts her day early 
and ends it late, seeing to it not only that supplies 
are ordered but that they are on hand for the meals 
as they come in regular and inevitable routine. 

The cook prepares the food for the table, the 
Matron prepares it for the cook. That is to say, 
she sees that the process of feeding the camp meets 
with no interruptions. This position can be filled 
adequately only by a person of executive ability, 
even temper, genial disposition and ability to get on 
with many different kinds of people. If the position 
can be filled by a woman who has a love for boys 
and all the things they do, the position will be well 
filled. 

HOUSEKEEPER 

In addition to the Matron there might very well 
be, in a large camp built to accommodate one hun- 
dred, a Housekeeper who sees to it that the needs 
arising from the arrival and departure of visitors 
and guests are met, and that all the problems asso- 
ciated with good housekeeping are attended to. 

A NURSE 

A person most essential to the welfare of a camp 
is the nurse, especially if she be a motherly nurse to 
whom the boys can go with the same sort of feeling 
that they would have in going to their own mother. 
When night comes on, they are very apt to feel the 
lack of the mother's good-night and the little caress 
before they go to bed. This is especially true of 
younger boys. In the absence of the home atmos- 
phere and home customs, boys naturally turn to the 
nurse, finding a supposedly good reason for so doing 
in the little burn that needs attention or the cut 
on the finger that needs to be dressed. The First 
Aid Station of the camp is usually crowded just 
before bed-time with boys who want a little atten- 
tion. They would deny that such was the case, but 
actions speak louder than words. 

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and she knows how to meet many other situations, 
some of which may be very serious. Emergencies 
are constantly arising, accidents happen, treatment 
and good judgment are required. A nurse on the spot 
is worth almost as much as a physician. In a camp 
of any size do not for one moment think of attempt- 
ing to go through a camping experience without the 
safeguard of a competent nurse, to administer first 
aid and to take charge in cases of accident or illness 
until the doctor arrives. Usually such a person can 
be found who will go to camp and discharge these 
duties for the love of the thing, because the camp is 
a Galahad Camp and the Galahad Camp is made up 
of Church boys. 

THE COUNSELORS 

All other officers and officials of the camp may be 
classed as Counselors. This means that there are 
certain persons who serve as supervisors of various 
departments. The Swimming Counselor has charge 
of the swimming. The Life Guard has charge of 
patrolling the waters when the campers are in the 
water. The Custodian of Boats has sole authority 
in giving permission for the use of boats, knows who 
are out, where they are, and when they are to return, 
and disciplines the boys who break the few simple 
rules that are prescribed as to the use of boats and 
canoes. The Music Master has charge of the musical 
talent of the camp, building up where possible a glee 
club and an orchestra. The Store Keeper looks out 
for the store, keeping it supplied with such goods as 
are salable and opening it for the sale of these at 
certain hours in the day. The Postmaster has charge 
of the mail and sees that the in-coming mail is dis- 
tributed and the out-going mail is ready for the stage 
or the rural postman when he arrives. The Express 
Manager looks out for all packages of parcel post 
and express and sees that they reach the right persons. 
The Bugler wakes the camp in the morning, an- 
nounces meals, plays colors in the morning, retreat 
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recall, and sounds taps for lights out. The Athletic 
Counselor has a big job. It is his business to see 
that the athletic interests of the camp are fully met 
and that the athletic program keeps moving, that 
it is rich, varied and satisfying to the boys. The 
Squad Master has a hard job too. It is his duty to 
look out for the squads, to see that they do their 
work. Otherwise their work is not likely to be done. 
Rifle practice and contests are in the hands of another 
person, who must be endowed with special caution 
to make sure that no accidents result from the use of 
rifles on the range when the boys are shooting. 

In small camps a few Counselors can take care of 
the camp very well. In larger camps and those that 
have established traditions, more Counselors will be 
needed. In a Galahad Camp some and perhaps 
many of them will be glad to go as volunteers, inas- 
much as the service rendered is a service to the boys 
and to the Church. 

Upon the personnel of the administrative staff of 
the camp a great deal depends. The Director is 
powerless unless he has a co-operating staff. But it is 
not likely that a staff would fail to be co-operating 
and enthusiastic if brought together individually and 
collectively by a desire to be of service to the boys 
of the Church. 

Section 6. Ways and Means: Camp Finances 

THE CAMP PROPERTY ITSELF 

All along we have assumed a camp equipment 
more or less extensive. The question naturally 
arises "Where did this camp equipment come from 
and how was it obtained?" Needless to say, it came 
from the interest of some one or more persons willing 
to make a venture for the sake of the possible good 
such an institution might create. Out of this interest 
and enterprise, means were developed whereby the 
realization of the camp became possible. But in 
any case, the needs have to be met and money has 
to be supplied. 

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It is assumed now that a parish is interested and 
wants to establish a camp for its Court of The Order 
of Sir Galahad. The Rector, or Camp Director, will 
get all the information he can about sites. He will 
look up farms advertised for sale that possess the 
features essential to a good camp. As a result of 
his search he will probably find a place that meets 
the need. The next thing to do is to buy it, or rent 
it for a period of years if that is possible. In the 
meantime, he will create on the part of the parish 
an interest in the project, in the hope that later on 
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it possible for the Court to use it. When secured, 
buildings can be put up, one after the other, simple, 
inexpensive buildings but adequate to the needs of 
the parish boys. As the years go on, other buildings 
will be added as money becomes available through 
the interest that is steadily developed. Sources of 
income can be established by plays and sales in the 
parish, not only for the purchase but for the main- 
tenance of equipment. It is a good plan to start 
small, building slowly and surely. 

HOW A BOY MEETS THE EXPENSE 

How does a boy meet the expense? This question 
suggests that there might be some difficulty in getting 

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.1 considerable number of boys to go to camp on 
account t.i the expense involved. II ll is decided 
ili. ii, in ouler to make the tamp go and mee1 <x 
penses, ii will be necessary to charge a dollai a Jay, 
more <»i less, fai each boy and thai the travelling 
expenses arc fai Mm- round trip y^.oo 0] more, ii i 
evident thai the total expense would amounl to a 
considerable sum, which in a good many eases mighl 
seem prohibitive. This, however, is noi ne< < .arily 
Once interesl .1 boy m the project, and li<- will 
get the money. He will begin to ive a year before 
lie goes i" camp, He will be interested in all fhe 
projects of the Court to raise money by plays and 
in other ways. When the camping period < omes 
round, it will be found that he will have gathered a 
considerable sum. It may not be quite large enough 
to meet all of his expense and he may be a very 
deserving boy. In thai case the Courl might help 
out a little from the funds it has raised or the Rector 
might give a lift from the fund which he has raised 
by sending out appeals for the camp. The financing 
of a camp and the financing of the boys who want 
to go to camp is not nearly so difficult as it would 
seem. There is a lot of live interest in this subject, 
and when such conditions exisl ili<- enterprise is 
surely successful. 

In these days of high railroad fare:., parishioners' 
automobiles may be pressed into service, both i<> the 
advantage of the boys ami to the advantage also of 
the men who own them, because if they once give 
themselves the pleasure of taking boys t<> camp, 
1 1 1:. more than likely that their interest in the entei 

prise is established and will hear 1 in manj ways 

in the future. 

When food L8 al a 1 1 1« >de i a I c pine incal:. OUghl 1101 

to cost more than 2S cents each pei boy, possible 
noi i h.ii ; and i his is on i he basis "I a good menu. 
There are other expenses, <»l course, salaries, up 
keep, replacement, insurance, ice, fuel and electricity, 
thai have to be looked oul l<>r in the camp budget. 
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the Food and othci items. This charge pi<>l>.il>l\ 
would n"i l'«- in excess of one dollai and in many 
cases ii will be considerably less than one dollar. 
Tin: figure might be regarded as a maximum. Camp 
fees l"i board -it the rate suggested will in most 
<. ases \ ield sufficient to take care of running expenses. 
II there are heavy exceptional items, either the 
generositj "I the parish will have to be appealed to 
and I lie interest of some well-to-do, influential 
parishioners aroused, or the Court will have to pu1 
on ..ne or more plays to raise money. 

II at t lie beginning of the season money in sufficient 
amount is not in hand, it is an easy matter to send 
on i fifty or seventy-five personal notes asking for 
contributions ranging from one dollar up, making 
the appeal in specific terms like this: $1.00 or $1.25 
pays for one boy one day; $3.75 for one boy three 
days, .ind so on until $8.75 covers the expense of 
one boy one week. Some persons might be glad to 
assume the full responsibility for a boy's expenses, 
in< I m ling a round trip ticket. 

Thus in various ways the financing of the camp 
may be cared for. 

Section 7. Rules of the Gamp: Gamp Regulations 

A good way to break rules is to make them. In 
Other words the spirit of discipline and order in a 
camp is likely to be better without rules than with 
them. Where the right spirit prevails an ordered 
life will prevail. If a right spirit does not prevail, an 
ordered life will be impossible, no matter how many 
rules are made to insure it. Hence it is well to have 
as few | Minted regulations as possible. Necessarily 
there will he principles for I he guidance <>l I he (.imp 
and these get their hold upon the camp by reiteration 
mil il they come to have real controlling value through 
the morale which the Ii I V of the camp develops. 

SMOKING 

Still, for all that, there are some practices that 
-ii 'hi never to be sanctioned, — that are so serious in 

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the breach they must be made to stand out in the 
life of the camp conspicuously as prohibited. One 
of these is smoking on the part of the younger mem- 
bers of the camp. In some camps it is felt that 
smoking ought not to be allowed at all even by 
Counselors; that boys go to camp to derive as much 
benefit physically as it is possible for them to get, 
and that smoking is one of those habits which in the 
life of a younger boy is without question deleterious. 
In the lives of older persons it is not so, but, if older 
persons smoke, the temptation for the young boy 
to do so is very much greater. Therefore, smoking 
is discouraged on the part of the older members of 
the camp for the sake of the younger and the younger 
are discouraged on account of degenerating physical 
and moral effects. 

If it is found that smoking is secretly indulged in, 
a way to minimize it is openly to sanction it on the 
part of all boys over a given age, say eighteen, if 
they must smoke; but insist that the smoking shall 
be confined to certain hours of the day and to certain 
places in the camp. In this way instead of becoming 
a hidden thing, it becomes an open one, and the 
element of deception is entirely eliminated. 

BOATING 

Boating, the use of canoes or boats of any kind, is 
always attended with certain dangers. That probably 
is one of the reasons why it is so much enjoyed by 
venturesome boys, who on water as well as on land 
act without considering consequences. Young boys 
have little judgment. Hence it is necessary that 
older persons should exercise judgment for them. 
Restrictions must be placed upon boating. 

One person should have charge of the boats. He 
alone should issue permission to use them and set 
the bounds beyond which they may not go. A wise 
custodian of boats will see that the right to use a 
boat depends upon ability to swim some distance 
and under handicaps. Hence a series of graded tests 
will be established according to which a boy will be 

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able to demonstrate his ability to care for himself 
while in the water; and on the basis of his ability 
to care for himself will the permission to use the 
boats be granted. There is no camp run with care 
that does not subject every boy to a swimming test 
in order to qualify for the use of boats. This rule 
ought to be rigidly carried out. 

On arriving in camp the boys should be told im- 
mediately what the regulations are, before they have 
a chance, under a wild impulse, to get into a boat or 
to seize a canoe and start off. The moment of excite- 
ment that accompanies arrival is a dangerous moment 
so far as boats are concerned. See that the boys get 
their instructions before they reach the boats. 

SWIMMING 

Swimming should be subject to the same cautious 
oversight. Definite hours should be assigned to it. 
Swimming at other times should be regarded as a 
gross violation of camp spirit. When the boys are 
in swimming, one or more life guards should be on 
duty, one on the raft, and one in a boat ready for 
any emergency that might suddenly arise. When 
things happen, they happen quickly and assistance 
if it is to be given must be given quickly. That 
means readiness, watchfulness. It is a good plan to 
isolate beginners from those who swim, and, in 
order that observance may be better directed, the 
non-swimmers might all wear red bathing caps. It 
is a great thing for a long established camp to be 
able to boast that there have been no accidents. It 
is a killing experience for a camp to have recorded 
against it one or more catastrophes. 

TRAMPING ALONE 

Dangerous as the unskilled handling of boats may 
be, tramping in the woods under certain conditions 
is no less so, especially in a country where the forests 
sweep away for miles and miles as they do in wooded 
sections of the country. Many instances are on 
record of boys and men who, feeling over-confident 

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about their ability to take care of themselves, have 
set forth bravely in supposedly familiar territory to 
tramp without a guide, and, in some cases, have 
never been heard from, — in others have been found 
only after great privations have been suffered. 

Two conditions are necessary to safe tramping, — 
knowledge of the trail, or, where this is lacking, a 
guide to lead the way. One cannot afford to take any 
chances if one is inexperienced in tramping lore. 
Oftentimes such a simple thing as a cross-cut may 
seem very tempting but be very dangerous, merely 
because in a big, unknown, wooded country there are 
so few signs that blaze the way. Let those who 
would tramp do so with the full knowledge of what 
they are undertaking, and use every precaution to 
keep to a well-defined and known path, going and 
coming. 

PENALTIES 

Smoking, boating, swimming and tramping alone 
suggest features of camp life that may have severe 
penalties associated with them, — penalties, more- 
over, that are visited not only upon the guilty but 
also upon the innocent. Disaster from boating, 
swimming, or tramping may throw a whole camp into 
gloom, nay may entirely disrupt a camp for a season 
or possibly forever. It is well, therefore, to take 
great care to avoid accidents from any one of these 
causes. 

On the other hand, if regulations are insisted upon 
and reiterated, they soon come to be recognized as 
unalterable as the laws of the Medes and Persians, 
with the result that a sense of stability and regularity 
comes into the camp spirit that makes for happiness 
and contentment. This is one of the rewards of 
living the camp life according to the rules which, 
though unprescribed, are nevertheless well known 
and for the most part habitually followed. 

PENALTIES AND REWARDS 

So we come to the subject of penalties and rewards. 
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the smooth flow of its life, there are breaches of dis- 
cipline that call for recognition, sometimes punish- 
ment. Let this punishment, however, not be in the 
form of an added amount of work of any kind, 
because that tends to develop a dislike for work in 
general; but rather let the penalty be in the form 
of deprivation of something very much desired. On 
the other hand, there are rewards, citations which 
publish to a whole camp the knowledge that for a 
certain thing said or done the camp approval has 
been merited and given. This constitutes a reward 
of a highly pleasing nature since it draws unto itself 
the approval and commendation of the whole camp 
body. 

AWARDS 

As a general principle awards are very much more 
effective than penalties. A boy is corrected and 
helped forward by encouragement. The value of 
punishment is slight in comparison with the value of 
encouragement. 

Awards may be made for excellence in athletics, 
for points won, for bravery, for any outstanding 
achievement, for general good and helpful conduct 
in the camp, and for many other objects that would 
naturally be thought of as a camp settles down into 
its routine and develops traditions. Awards may be 
in the form of buttons, monograms, letters to be 
sewed on sweaters or jerseys. It is not advisable to 
make awards that have much intrinsic value. The 
time for awarding these ought to be set apart and 
made much of. 

Section 8. Rules of the Game: Gamp Customs 

CAMP SPIRIT 

The habit of doing what ought to be done without 
being told to do it over and over again makes a very 
valuable contribution to that intangible thing known 
as the camp spirit, which cannot be purchased, 
nor can* it be created in a day. It is a reality built 
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and represents the mind, will and feeling of the 
camp family acting in harmony along certain well- 
defined lines under certain well-defined conditions. 
Camp spirit like college spirit is built about a center, 
and that center is the institution and the institution 
is the way a group of people brought together for a 
certain purpose fulfil that purpose. The higher the 
aims, the truer the thought, the finer the life of the 
people, the finer the spirit becomes. This is true of 
a camp as it is of a college. Every boy coming to 
the Galahad Camp should feel that it is his oppor- 
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COLORS AT CAMP O-AT-KA— A GALAHAD GROUP 

of that camp something of the aims and ideals of 
his patron saint — Sir Galahad. Thus will he add 
something to the sum total of those forces that make 
for fine ideals and noble effort. 



WORK AND PLAY 

But camp spirit is not something which exists 
apart by itself. It permeates the whole life of the 
institution. It is. in the work and the play alike. 
As a result of its presence in the work, the work 
is done according to certain standards; as a result 
of its presence in play, the play is carried on with 

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a due observance of the rules of the game. Work 
and play in camp rise or fall in quality as camp 
spirit ascends or declines. 

BIRTHDAYS 

There are observances that help in the maintenance 
of a wholesome camp spirit or atmosphere; such for 
example is the observance of birthdays, sometimes 
in a simple way, by hearty camp greetings at break- 
fast when all the members of the camp family unite 
in a hearty greeting of "Many happy returns of the 
day," or in a more elaborate recognition, such as a 
birthday dinner with decorations, a birthday cake 
with candles, perhaps a gift. Such events are always 
pleasant, not only to the one who is the object of 
the birthday observance but to the whole camp, 
because they throw out the atmosphere of happiness 
and good feeling. 

PAGEANTS 

Just as birthdays may celebrate an important day 
in the life of the individual, so pageants may be 
employed to celebrate important events or days in 
the life of a people. This form of entertainment is 
well suited to outdoor presentation several times 
during the season, and always with picturesque 
effect. The benefit of the pageant lies not so much 
in the pageant itself as in what it accomplishes by 
focusing the life of the camp on some one principal 
interest, thus furthering the unity of the camp and 
in that way contributing to a camp spirit. The 
story of Hiawatha, Daniel Boone, the landing of 
the Pilgrim Fathers, and other subjects of like nature 
can be presented with interesting effect. 

FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION 

One day that lends itself especially to pageantry 
or to an entertainment of an unusual character is the 
Fourth of July. Tableaux of historical events are 
interesting and effective, — Signing the Declaration of 
Independence, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 

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Spirit of '76, Barbara Frietchie, and other incidents 
of the Revolution or other wars, having in mind 
that it is desirable on such a day to develop the 
spirit of loyalty to our country. Here again the life 
of the camp is served through participation on the 
part of all its members in something that is of interest 
to all. 

COMMUNITY EVENINGS 

Some camps are so located that it is possible to 
make the camp spirit stretch out to include the 
community as part of the object to feel its influence. 
If an entertainment is planned consisting of vaude- 
ville stunts, songs, sketches and instrumental selec- 
tions, it puts the camp right with the all-the-year- 
round people if they are invited in once in a while; 
and it gives to the natives a better chance to see and 
understand their city cousins. On the other hand, 
it gives to the campers an opportunity to value as 
they ought at close range the sterling qualities of the 
people upon whom we all depend for so much — the 
farmers of our land. So, if the camp spirit is de- 
veloped along right lines, it becomes inclusive in its 
expression and constructive in its effect. At the 
heart of this spirit is discipline, — good order, team 
play. When it is fine, the camp is fine; when it is 
indifferent, the camp is of the same rank. 

PRIZE NIGHT 

Perhaps there is no moment in the experience o f a 
camp that arouses keener expectation than Prize 
Night, which always ought to be provided for and 
carried out. The life of the camp comes to a climax 
at this time, when awards are made for first place in 
athletic contests, camp achievements, and the 
meeting of requirements; all this as a part of 
the program for the evening, which gives place to 
speeches, stunts, songs, and last of all, to end the 
evening, refreshments consisting of ice cream and 
cake. 

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Section 9. Camp Awards 

The subject of camp awards is not exhausted 
when one speaks of a camp evening with prizes 
bestowed for firsts in athletic meets and for other 
achievements. The camp awards run through the 
entire life of a camp; they are being given day by 
day to those who merit them and withheld day by 
day from those who have not earned them. 

CAMP APPROVAL 

There are always some boys in camp who are re- 
ceived with favor at the very start, not because they 
are clever but just because they are good fellows. 
They do their part. They are good sports. They 
know how to play the game without complaint, ap- 
preciating the good, enjoying the fun, doing their bit. 
They have humor. They see a joke, appreciate it, 
know how to take one and make one. They contrib- 
ute much to the good fellowship of the camp. They 
win thereby the approval of the camp because they 
bestow a peculiar and invaluable something which 
makes the camp a happier place for all. 

The approval that they win, sometimes quite un- 
consciously, is justly deserved. 

CAMP DISAPPROVAL 

On the other hand there are boys who mean to do 
right, who try even, but who lack the essential 
knack of hitting it off with their chums. They are 
never quite happy in their work. They are a little 
more happy in their play but are never quite happy 
in that. They disapprove mildly of many things. 
They disapprove strongly of some things. The camp 
receives little from them and has little to give, except 
its silent disapproval. It becomes the duty of the 
Director and Counselors to help such boys to work 
out a reformation that will insure them in the years 
to come a better chance, not only in camp but in 
the great game of life itself. 

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camp standards 
Standards are standards whether at camp or else- 
where. Truth is truth. Honor is honor. Unselfish- 
ness is unselfishness. Fineness of character counts 
everywhere. Camp demands these fine qualities just 
as the home or the school demands them. A boy 
cannot lie and do the camp any good. He cannot 
steal without injuring the camp. Sometimes it 
takes a camp years to recover from some little, petty 
theft which a boy has committed. Make the boys, 
therefore, feel the imperativeness of living up to the 
best they know, and the best that they are taught 
while they are in camp. The closeness of their con- 
tacts and the repetitions of them make necessary the 
highest standards, if a camp is to be thoroughly fine 
in its effect upon the characters of all concerned. 
No matter where you are, the game has to be played, 
and he who plays it best plays it for the good of all. 

Section 10. Religious Features 

A Galahad Camp will give prominence to those 
religious features that beat in upon a boy's soul 
with greater or less impressiveness. The camp may 
not set aside an hour or two hours every day for 
Bible study and instruction, but it will, nevertheless, 
see to it that the religious note is kept sounding in 
the life of the camp, — struck first in the morning at 
prayers following breakfast, and last at night when 
taps sound after the prayers at the end of the day. 

GRACE AT MEALS 

Grace should invariably be said at meals, absolute 
silence prevailing while it is being said. Or, it may 
take the form of a responsive Grace, as follows: 

V. The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord: 

R. And thou givest them their meat in due season. 

V. Thou openest thine hand: 

R. And fillest all things living with plenteousness. 

V. For these and all thy mercies, Father, make us 
truly thankful, for our Saviour's sake, 

R. Amen, 

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Or, it may take the form of a singing Grace, 
which will secure, as the responsive Grace does, actual 
participation by all. 

MORNING PRAYER 

At the close of breakfast the camp will stand at 
the bidding of the Director; with bowed heads all 
will join in saying reverently the Lord's Prayer and 
then will follow that splendid prayer of Dr. Hyde's: 
"O God, give me clean hands, clean words, clean 
thoughts,"* or some other equally appropriate prayer 
for camp, improvised or repeated from memory. 
Here may be appropriately said the Degree prayers 
and others for boys, found in Chapter VII of this 
Manual. 

EVENING PRAYER 

Perhaps the most effective way of drawing the day 
to a close is to do so by assembling the boys at 9:30 
under the trees, to sing in the darkness and the still- 
ness the Galahad song, at the conclusion of which all 
kneel to join in saying the Lord's Prayer, the devo- 
tions ending by an extemporaneous prayer suited to 
the life of the day or to the needs of the hour. Rising 
from their knees, they wait in silence while the bugler 
sounds taps, then in silence go to their bunks. 

So the day begins and the day ends with the 
sounding of the religious note; and it is safe to assume 
that that note struck in the morning reverberates 
down through the life of the day until it is struck 
again in the evening. It is fair to assume further 
that it goes on reverberating down through the 
years of a boy's life and bears fruit many-fold. 

SUNDAY 

Every camp can have its place of worship even if 
it be nothing more than a space among the trees, 
where the boys sitting on the ground are in one of 
God's first temples, with a great rock as the altar, 
and perhaps above it a huge cross made of white 

*$ee page 123. 

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birch logs. In some cases the place of worship may 
be a real building constructed in part by the boys 
themselves, a roof supported by stone columns, open 
on all sides, but screened, a place provided with pews, 
some furniture, an altar, all made in such a way and 
of such material as to be in keeping with the sur- 
roundings. 

On Sundays in nature's temple, or in the simple 
chapel made with hands, the camp would naturally 
assemble for an early Communion Service and later 
on in the day for either Morning or Evening Prayer, 
with an address. These services on Sunday, with 
addresses particularly suited to the needs of boys, 
prove of very great help and are of real stimulus and 
strength to those who participate in them. 

Manhood, through the religious features of the 
camp, is greatly furthered in its upbuilding, because 
religion is both a guide and a power. It points out 
the highest way and gives the boys the power to 
climb. A camp, especially a Galahad Camp, is 
sadly incomplete without religion, as expressed 
daily, morning and evening and on Sundays in the 
early and later services. 

Section 11. Manhood Annexed 

MANHOOD IN THE MAKING 

To offset the enormous losses which the young 
manhood of the land sustained in the great war, it 
is necessary to exert every effort to make out of the 
lives of present day boys, young men of 100 per cent, 
standard. Some such thought inevitably finds its 
way into the mind of the conscientious Director or 
Counselor; this will act as a guide in the shaping of 
policies intended to lay hold upon the camp material 
as latent manhood, and convert it into a product 
not only of promise but of fulfilment. 

THE FLYING GOAL 

Among the constructive forces that silently keep 
at their tasks night and day are the ideals of social, 

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moral and religious life, caught from the atmosphere 
of the camp and the examples of those who constitute 
its membership. It is essential, therefore, that camp 
life expressed in all its members as a body or as 
individuals should rise to new levels both of aim and 
achievement. Hence there is always something 
ahead as an objective. A goal is reached, then it 
recedes, only to become another goal. Thus is life 
led forward. And the raw material of boyhood or 
youth is built upon by the repeated experience of 
camp, year in and year out. Physically the boy 
grows, gains strength; morally the boy grows, gains 
strength; spiritually the boy grows, gains strength. 
The life in its effect is cumulative. Manhood is 
annexed to boyhood as a result of the influences at 
work. 

Section 12. The Recruited Church 

THE CHURCH CONDUCTS THE CAMP 

It must be clearly held in mind that the boys of 
whom we are speaking are Church boys and that the 
camp is an institution conducted by the Church. 

The Church is the sponsor for the camp enterprise. 
Interest of Church people makes it possible. The 
work of Church men and women promotes it. The 
money of the Church finances it. The Church is an 
important factor and this fact in itself is important 
when estimating the value of what is done. 

THE CAMP'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHURCH 

There are plenty of camps to which boys can go. 
They are, however, for the most part commercial 
enterprises, where no doubt much good is accom- 
plished, much real religion taught, but in comparison 
with a camp that is sponsored by a parish or by a 
diocese, such camps are not in a position to bring 
to bear directly upon the boy the spirit and temper 
of the Church. The contact between boys and the 
Church becomes a very real thing when the camp is 
a Church camp. Boys get a new idea of the Church. 

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For a long time the Church made the mistake of 
supposing that boys would understand religion when 
presented from the adult point of view. That fallacy 
is fast fading away. Today there are hundreds upon 
hundreds of leaders among boys acting upon the 
conviction that the Church, if it is to have an appeal 
to the boy, must be presented on the plane of his 
own interests, must be interpreted in terms of recrea- 
tion and other things that he likes to do. 

BOYS GET A NEW IDEA OF THE CHURCH 

And what happens is that boys get a totally differ- 
ent idea of the object, meaning and power of the 
Church. They feel, furthermore, that the Church is 
a friend, not a task-master driving them to a very 
disagreeable and gloomy side of life. They find that 
the Church opens avenues of enjoyment to them, 
sends out a hearty invitation to play, to live in the 
open and to be happy in a natural, boy-like manner. 
With this foundation laid, boys move on to other 
and deeper interpretations. 

A NEW GAME OF WORK AND PLAY 

Living on this basis of intimacy with the Church, 
with a new understanding of what the Church is, 
boys approach it in a different and in a very natural, 
new mood, a sort of play mood, in which there is no 
depreciation but a keener appreciation made possible 
through the increased familiarity of the one with the 
other. The Church desires to play with the boy; 
and the boy opens his eyes and looks at this big play- 
mate and, — lo and behold — finds that it is the 
Church! He used to be frightened at it; now he 
keeps close. The Church and the boy stand on a 
new basis. They have begun to play a new game 
and the Church is winning out. Herein lies the 
justification for this whole extensive recreational 
program that is presented to the boy in such variety 
and such impressiveness at the present time, with 
considerable expense, with much labor, but also with 
gratifying and vital results. 

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Section 13. The Camp Library 

This chapter on the Galahad Camp has purposely 
avoided treating the subject in the conventional 
manner. Other books do that, and to such books the 
reader is referred: 

Camping for Boys, by Gibson, $1.00.* 

Camp and Outing Activities, by Cheley-Baker, 
$1.50. 

Camp Craft, by Miller, $1.50. 

Camp and Trail, by White, $1.50. 

Camp Life in the Woods, by Gibson, $1.50. 

Camping and Camp Cooking, by Bates, $0.75. 

Theory and Practice of Cookery, by Williams- 
Fisher, $1.20. 

Boys' Camp Book, by Cave, $0.60. 

Boy Scout's Hike Book, by Cave, $0.60. 

Shelters, Shacks and Shanties, by Beard, $1.35. 

Back Woods Surgery and Medicine, by Moody, 
$1.00. 

In some cities the public libraries feel disposed to 
send on request an assortment of books for the use 
of a given camp during the summer and usually 
without charge. Such a service is very valuable and 
where possible should be taken advantage of. 

Section 14. Conclusion 

Throughout these pages endeavor has been made 
to state some of the needs of the Galahad Camp, to 
interpret its problems and to show how its results 
play directly into the hands of the Church. The 
normal boy yearns for a camp as for nothing else. 
The Church does well to provide it for him. The 
associations of the camp are wholesome and con- 
structive, especially when promoted by the Church. 
The Church does well, therefore, to stand back of a 
camp. The outcome of the enterprise if taken seri- 
ously and conscientiously is bound to be most gratify- 

*From a list in the Manual for Leaders of Comrades, Chiistian Citizen- 
ship Training Program, Association Press, 347 Madison Ave., New York City. 

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ing from every angle. The Church, therefore, is 
thoroughly justified not only in taking interest in the 
enterprise but in backing it with money. 

No problem is more acute than that of converting 
the boyhood of today into high-grade manhood of to- 
morrow. No means are more potent to this end 
than those which have been outlined in this chapter. 




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CHAPTER XXII 
REGALIA AND INSIGNIA 

Section 1. Introductory. 

Section 2. Notes on Ceremonial Regalis 

Section 3. Notes on Standard Regalia. 

Section 4. Insignia. 




THE GALAHAD ROOM 

St. Stephen's Parish House, Lynn, Massachusetts 



CHAPTER XXII 



Regalia and Insignia 



Section 1. Introductory 

In this chapter will be found plates giving illustra- 
tions of two types of regalia: One, standard regalia, 
worn at regular meetings; the other, ceremonial 
regalia, worn on such occasions as the Full Conclaves, 
Vigils, Initiations, and Coronations. The standard 
regalia will be worn by all members of a Court 
according to their Degrees, the ceremonial by those 
only who take special parts in the functions for which 
special regalia are appropriate. 

The plates give illustrations of the dressed figure 
and also patterns that may be followed in cutting 
and making the costumes, with detailed suggestions 

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A-'Green 
B'Brown 
OBrown 
D'Brown 
E" Brown undersleeve 



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as to parts and measurements. These costumes were 
designed by Miss Janet Allen of St. James's Church, 
Cambridge. The directions for making them are hers. 
Miss Allen calls attention to the following points to 
be followed. 

GENERAL DIRECTIONS 

On the plates no hems or seams are allowed for, 
and unless otherwise indicated but one-half of the 
pattern is shown. 

The foundation of each garment is essentially the 
same, all being modifications of the monk's costume.* 

In cutting out the neck, the front only should be 
hollowed, leaving the back nearly a straight line as 
indicated. A slit down the front permits the head 
to pass through easily. 

As the ages vary greatly in each Order, the meas- 
urements are only approximate and should be checked 
up and corrected for each individual in the case of 
ceremonial regalia. The measurements should run 
from shoulder to wrist and from shoulder to knee or 
ankle, as required. 

With a tape measure and piece of chalk, these 
simple patterns may be easily blocked out on the 
cloth before cutting. It may be found best to make 
the pattern of newspaper first, correcting it until it 
is as desired. 

A hook and eye may be used to fasten garments 
at the neck but no buttons are needed and the only 
seams are the under-arm seams. The best results 
are obtained by piecing the goods down the middle 
front and middle back, thus giving the entire width 
of the goods to cut the sleeve and gown in one piece. 

The hoods of Lads, Esquires and Candle Bearers 
may be worn thrown back, but alt hoods should be 
carefully adjusted and held snugly in place with a 
safety pin under the chin to insure a fairly tight fit 
around the neck, thus covering the collar and neck- 
tie of the street clothes. 

For materials, use sateen, canton flannel, or cam- 

♦Plate VIII. 

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A-Black 

ORed 
D'Orangre 



lNge's -tertmoMaf Hegafta 

PI ate n"~ 



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brie. Canton flannel is suggested for capes as it 
hangs more gracefully than cambric; but as that is 
warm, cambric is better adapted for the majority of 
the costumes and may be had in the strong heraldic 
colors, essential for effective pageantry. 

All the stenciling may be done with oil paints 
and turpentine for color, and radiator paints for 
silver and gold. 

The gold stars indicating the Degrees of the Order 
are more easily made of gilded paper. These can be 
obtained from any stationer carrying Dennison 
supplies. The largest size star should be used. If 
paper stars are not obtainable, cloth stars of some 
sized material and gilded would do fully as well and 
perhaps better. 

Section 2. Notes on Ceremonial Regalia 

Plate I 

NOTES ON THE LAD's COSTUME 

B Belt: Use cloth double to fit smoothly. 

C Hood: Sew up front seam six inches, leaving opening for face. 

D Brown Stockings: Cut off feet to allow for drawing well up 
over thighs. Fasten with safety pins. Draw a pair 
of black stockings over the boots and roll back. 

E Undersleeves: Run elastic through large end to hold in 
place above elbow. 

Plate II 

NOTES ON THE PAGE'S COSTUME 

B A straight piece of goods with hole large enough to slip 
over the head easily. Take in gussets to fit the shoulders. 

C Use double the cloth to fit smoothly. 

D Sew together the selvages of one and one-half yards of 
cheesecloth; gather one end, and sew around the upper 
edge of C. When worn, wind the cheesecloth around 
neck, leaving one end thrown over shoulder, thus con- 
cealing linen collar of street clothes. 

Plate III 

NOTES ON THE ESQUIRE'S COSTUME 

B See directions for Page's costume — B. 

C Belt: Front pendant is laid on a lengthwise fold; the belt 
portion to be cut slightly curved and slanting, bringing 
back part on the bias to insure a smooth fit. 

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37 in- 



3 Lay on fold 



15 in 



A* Red 

B*Blue 
OWhite 
D" White 



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34 in 



Red Cross 
girdle 



A"Red 
B-Sllver 




OGre^ 



Plate jy 



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A&B-Purple 

OYellow 

D-Purple 

E-Yellow 

F-White 



Counselors Cermonkttejttfk 

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Plate IV 

NOTES ON THE KNIGHT's COSTUME 

A Make double the material and follow directions of C of 

Esquire's costume. 
B Helmet may be made of coarse curtain net, cambric, or 

armour cloth, found in theatrical supply stores; silver 

with aluminum radiator paint, as on gauntlets. 
C Cut mitten or gauntlet in one piece with sleeve, and cover 

with silver paint to elbow. 
Shield may be made of stiff cardboard, a red cross painted on 

a silver field. Strings stretched across the back make 

a convenient way to carry on the arm. 

Plate V 

NOTES ON THE COUNSELOR'S COSTUME 

B Drapery sleeves are simulated by taking a piece of veiling 
(purple or black), sewing the edges together leaving 
an opening to pass the arm through, fastening to 
shoulder. Cassocks may be used for this costume, 
thus avoiding expense of the gown. The drapery 
sleeve may be fastened with small safety pins, and 
removed after use. 

C Belt should be double to fit smoothly and ends tucked in 
at side. 

D The Dante Cap should be double the cloth. A fold of white 
cambric is basted around lower edge, showing about 
1-4 inch next the face, and connecting the white ear 
tabs. 
The neck of gown may be finished with a bias fold of the 
goods basted in, wide enough to cover collar of street 
elothes; or a strip of white cambric gathered at one edge, 
leaving an inch for ruffle, may be drawn to fit snugly 
around the neck, lower edge tucked inside the gar- 
ment, thus simulating a gathered yoke. This is a simple 
way to conceal linen collar for any of these costumes. 
See Archbishop's costume, Plate VII. 

Plate VI 

NOTES ON THE KING'S COSTUME 

C The sleeve is cut long to allow for turning back to show 

the red lining. This should be caught to hold in place. 
E The lion is stenciled in red or cut out of red cambric and 

stitched on. 
G Ermine on cape is indicated with black darts in heavy 

worsted. 
Buckles are simulated by using large flat button moulds, 

gilded and sewn in place. 
Crowns may be made of cardboard and decorated in the 

style of the Archbishop's mitre, or purchased at a 

theatrical supply store. 

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For proportions 
see Counselors 



A J Costume 



See Arch-Bishops 
Costume 



A-Red 

B- White 

C-Red 

D~Red under sleeve 

E-Red 

F-Red 

G- Black on White 




Titngi Ceremonmi tmik 



Plate vi 



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Yoke worn 
inside 
of 





B 



For 
proportions see 
Counselors 

Costume 




Celtic Cross 5 in £q. 




A~Gilded Burlap 

B~Purple 

O Scarlet 

D" Scarlet Cross 



Cermonw Hejaf to 




Plate vn 



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72 



21 in 



in 



29 in 



A 



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Cv 

X 
u 

.S 

CO 

«o 

A. 

3 



37 in 



-15 in 



. B 



Hood 




24 in 



Sew front seam up 8 inches 
leaving* opening for face 

3yds of rope for grirdle 



Lengthen 
sleeve for 
turn back 
cuff 




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Plate VII 

NOTES ON THE ARCHBISHOP'S COSTUME 

A Cape made of burlap gilded with radiator paint. 

B and C Purple robe, with scarlet sleeves. 

F A broad piece of purple or white cambric (bias) may be 
basted in neck to conceal collar of street clothes. 

D Celtic Cross, stenciled in scarlet paint, or cut out of red 
cambric and stitched on. 

E Mitre, made of cardboard, jewels painted on in bright 
colors, the edges of mitre bound with dull gold uphol- 
stery braid; two purple ribbons hang down behind. 

Plate VIII 

NOTES ON THE MONK's COSTUME 

Sleeves of garment are cut extra long to permit a deep 
turn-back cuff", and wide enough for the hands to be 
held together inside. 

Plate IX 

NOTES ON THE CANDLE-BEAREr's COSTUME 

C Line sleeve drapery with white and catch back. 
E Red stockings drawn over boots. 

Plate X 

NOTES ON THE HERALd's COSTUME 

The large squares and triangles are red and blue on a black 

coat. 
All red squares are stenciled with gold crosses, all blue 

squares with silver fleur-de-lis. 
Right and left undersleeves are red and blue respectively. 
Red stockings (feet cut off) are drawn up over thighs, and 

black stockings over boots and rolled back. 
Men who have puttees will find it easier to adjust stockings 

over them than over trousers. 
See directions for stockings in Lads and Pages. Directions 

for cap same as Pages'. 

Section 3. Notes on Standard Regalia 

Plate XI 

STANDARD REGALIA 

•A Lad's Arm Band. This is to be used on the left arm and 
worn by the Lads only. The star in the shield is the 
emblem of the Lad's Degree. 

B Page's Collar. Made as indicated and to be worn by Pages 
thrown around the neck. The ends hang down over 
the lapels of the coat. The two stars are emblematic 
of the second Degree. 

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*3 



36 in 



r 

pi 



-21 m 



-, A~Red 

2~ B~R.ed 

OWhite lining 

D-Ked hood 

E~R,ed hose 

White cord 
around waist 




£<mt>(e4earer's 2B 
Ceremonial Utgnita 

Plate 5F 



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5o in 










A-Red 

B' White 

OSee Ring's costume D 



Plate x 



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Lads arm band 



Pac/e's .Collar 



« — 11 in- 

E squire's 

Scarf 





o Knights Cape 



*-H- -21- 




Counselor's 
Sash 



24 m 



A-White bandied shield'White star 

B-White collated braid *I{ed stars ( 

OWhite scarf^ed braid^ed stars 

D'Red cape 'White border^White shield*T{ed cross 1 

E-' Purple sash ^ed braid* \ed stars 



Manbdri %g&(U 



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C Esquire's Scarf. To be worn over the left shoulder, the 
cross falling under the right arm. The three stars are 
emblematic of the Esquire's Degree. 

D Knight's Cape. In making the Knight's cape, follow very 
closly the suggestions about the gusset at the upper 
edge. When the top part of the cape is finished, it is 
almost in the form of a V. The shield is the emblem 
of the Knights. This is worn over the left shoulder. 

E Counselor's Sash. To be worn over the left shoulder, 
crossing under the right arm, and brought around the 
waist like a belt, and tied under the left arm. The sash 
should be cut bias. If material is thin, use it double. 
The sash should be four and one-half yards long and 
five inches wide finished, knotted at the ends. The 
live stars are emblematic of the fifth Degree. 

Section 4: Insignia 

For use in processions and decoration of club 
rooms, flags and pennants have been designed that 
lend themselves particularly to these purposes. For 
the use of members, buttons and pins have been pro- 
vided. Buttons will be worn by members of the three 
lowest Degrees and pins by the members of the two 
highest Degrees. Flags, pennants, and buttons all 
come under the head of insignia. 

FLAGS 

The flag of the Order in white and red with a coat 
of arms on the red field is obtainable in any size. It 
is shown in Plate XII B. It lends itself admirably to 
the decoration of the club room and should always 
appear in processions. When so used it should follow 
the American flag. 

PENNANTS 

As there is a flag for the whole Order, so also there 
are pennants, two in number. They are white in 
color, one bearing in blue a rampant lion, the other 
the seal of the Order. They are shown in Plate XII, 
A and C. 

Each Degree also has its own pennant. There are 
five of these, as illustrated in Plate XII. In color the 
body is white, the ornamentation red or blue or both, 
depending upon how many parts of the seal are used. 

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FLAGS 




PAGE 



COUNSELOR^ 

Plate XII 



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BADGES 



HIGHEST ATTAINMENT 



C LUB CRAFT] 




PAGES BUTTON 



Plate XIII 



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badges 

Two badges for use in connection with the Point 
System are shown on Plate XIII. One is awarded 
for the completion of individual Crafts, one badge for 
a Craft, and the other, called the Highest Attainment 
Badge, is awarded for the completion of all the Crafts. 
The ribbon and medal parts of the badge are the same 
for all Crafts; the wording indicates the Craft for 
which the badge is awarded. 

BUTTONS 

Insignia for Lads, Pages and Esquires take the 
form of buttons, each Degree having its own design, 
as shown in Plate XIII. 

PINS 

Knights and Counselors wear pins, the design being 
for the Counselors the full Coat of Arms with the five 
stars; for the Knights, the same design with only four 
stars. 

Flags, pennants, badges, pins and buttons 
may be obtained at Headquarters, in any quan- 
tity, at lowest prices. 



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CHAPTER XXIII 
BOOKS AND PICTURES 

Section 1. Books Bearing on the Galahad Story. 
Section 2. A Classified List Covering All Boy 

Activities and Interests. 
Section 3. Pictures. 



CHAPTER XXIII 
Books and Pictures 

Section 1. Books Bearing on the Galahad Story 

To enrich one's background of knowledge of the 
Galahad story as a part of the Arthurian legend, a 
list of books is suggested; some of these ought to be 
read, others may be glanced through. The literature 
of chivalry, as it has to do with the King Arthur 
period, is rich in romance and human appeal. There 
are many stories that could be told to the youth 
of today with great effect. Good impulses will be 
stirred, ambitions aroused, and noble conduct assured 
if boys are made familiar with the Arthurian 
literature. 

Books that will be found especially helpful on this 
subject are the following: 

Abbey's Holy Grail, an explanation of the meaning of the series 

of panels composing Edwin A. Abbey's frieze decoration in 

the Boston Public Library; published by Curtis and Cameron. 

15 Harcourt Street, Boston, Mass. 
Abbey's Holy Grail, Comment, by Lindsay Swift; published by 

Curtis and Cameron, 15 Harcourt Street, Boston, Mass. 
Extracts from Morte d' Arthur, by Sir Thomas Malory; No. 158 

of the Riverside Literature Series; Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 

Boston, Mass. 
The Boy's King Arthur, by Sidney Lanier; Charles Scribner's 

Sons, New York. 
King Arthur and His Court, by Frances Nimmo Green. 
The Court of King Arthur, by W. H. Frost. 
The Knights of the Round Table, by W. H. Frost. 
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, by Howard Pyle; 

Charles Scribner's Sons. 
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table, by Howard 

Pyle; Charles Scribner's Sons. 
The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions, by Howard 

Pyle; Charles Scribner's Sons. 

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The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur, by Howard 

Pyle; Charles Scribner's Sons.* 
Stories of King Arthur's Knights, by Mary Macgregor; E. P. 

Dutton & Co., New York {intended for younger boys). 
The Story of Sir Galahad, by Mary Blackwell Stirling; E. P. 

Dutton' & Co., New York. 
Heroes of Chivalry and Romance, by A. J. Church; The Mac- 

millan Co., New York. 
Stories of the King, an excellent book, especially for younger 

boys, by James Baldwin; American Book Co., New York. 
The Quest of the Holy Grail, a pageant by Dubose Murphy; The 

Order of Sir Galahad, Inc. 



Section 2. A Classified List Covering All Boy Activities 
and Interests 

The classified list of books as given below for the 
most part was prepared with great care by an official 
of the Boston Public Library. Such books on the 
juvenile shelves as are most popular were in the 
main selected for a place on the list. 

AGRICULTURE 

Beginning in Agriculture, Albert Russell Mann 

The Macmillan Co., New York 
Story of Agriculture in the United States, Albert Hart Sanford 

D. C. Heath and Co., Boston 

ARCHITECTURE 

Peeps at Architecture, Phebe Allen 

Adams and Charles Black, London 
Famous Buildings, Charles Lester Barstow 

The Century Co., New York 
Architecture Shown to Children, Gladys Wynne 

T. C. and E. C. Jack, London 

ART 

How to Enjoy Pictures, Mrs. Henry Head 

F. A. Stokes and Co., New York 
Knights of Art, Amy Steedman 

G. W. Jacobs and Co., Philadelphia 
Young People's Story of Art, Ida Prentice Whitcomb 

Dodd, Mead and Co., New York 

*These books by Pyle are beautifully gotten up and have many attractive 
illustrations. Even young boys like the Howard Pyle books. 

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ASTRONOMY 

The Book of Stars, A. Frederick Collins 

D. Appleton and Co., New York 
The Friendly Stars, Martha Evans Martin 

Harper and Bros., New York 

ATHLETICS* 

Track Athletics Up to Date, Ellery H. Clark 

Duffield and Co., New York 
Battle of Baseball, Carl Harry Claudy 

The Century Co., New York 
Book of Athletics, Paul Withington 

Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co., Boston 

AUTOMOBILING 

Keeping Up with Your Motor Car, A. F. Collins 

D. Appleton and Co., New York 

Stories of Inventions, Russell Doubleday 

Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City, New York 

The Automobile Owner's Guide, F. B. Scholl 

D. Appleton and Co., New York 

AVIATION 

Boys' Book of Model Aeroplanes, Francis Arnold Collins 

The Century Co., New York 
The Romance of Aircraft, Laurence Yard Smith 

F. A. Stokes and Co., New York 
Harper's Aircraft Book, Alpheus Hyatt Verrill 

Harper and Bros., New York 

BOATING 

Harper's Boating Book for Boys, Charles Gerard Davis 

Harper and Bros., New York 

Boy's Book of Model Boats, Raymond Francis Yates 

The Century Co., New York 

*Consult Spalding's Athletic Library, American Sports Publishing Co., 
45 Rose Street, New York, for information on many subjects that are grouped 
as follows: Baseball, Football, Tennis, Golf, Basket Ball, Skating and 
Winter Sports, Track and Field Athletics, School Athletics, Water Sports, 
Lawn and Field Games, Manly Sports, Calisthenics, Gymnastics, Home 
Exercising. This information is given in pamphlet form, "Red Cover" Series, 
25c, "Blue Cover" Series, 10c, "Green Cover" Series, 10c, and covers a wide 
range of detailed topics. For other selected books for boys, reference is made 
to the Manual for Leaders of Pioneers, Association Press, 347 Madison Avenue, 
New York, pages 221 to 233 and pages 235 to 253. 

399 



Books and Pictures 



CAMP COOKING 

Camp Cookery, Ava B. Milam, A. Grace Johnson and Ruth Mc- 
Nary Smith The J. K. Gill Co., Portland, Oregon 

Camp Cookery, Horace Kephart 

Century Publishing Co., New York 

CAMPING 

Shelter, Shacks and Shanties, Daniel Carter Beard 

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 
Harper's Camping and Scouting, George Bird Grinnell and Eugene 

L. Swan Harper and Bros., New York 

Camping and Woodcraft, Horace Kephart, two volumes in one, 

revised edition The Macmillan Co., New York 

CANOEING 

Boy's Book of Canoeing and Sailing, Warren Hastings Miller 

George H. Doran, New York 
The Canoe, Its Selection, Care and Use, Robert E. Pinkerton 

Century Publishing Co., New York 

CARPENTRY 

Carpentry for Beginners, John Duncan Adams 

Moffat, Yard and Co., New York 
Carpentry and Mechanics for Boys, Albert Neely Hall 

Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co., Boston 
Amateur Carpenter, Alpheus Hyatt Verrill 

Dodd, Mead and Co., New York 

THE CHURCH 
THE BIBLE 

How to Know the Bible, George Hodges, D.D. 

The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis 
Story of Our Bible, Harold Hunting 

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 

RELIGION 

The Manhood of the Master, Harry Emerson Fosdick 

Association Press, New York 
How to Pray, Charles Lewis Slattery, D.D. 

The Macmillan Co., New York 



Self-Training in Prayer, A. H. McNiele, D.D. 

Longmans, Green and Co., New York 



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Books and Pictures 

Everyman's History of the Prayer Book, Percy Dearmer, D.D. 

A. R. Mowbray and Co., London 
An Introduction to the Prayer Book, Ernest J. Dennen 

Edwin S. Gorham, New York 



The Meaning of Faith, Harry Emerson Fosdick 

Association Press, New York 
The Main Points, Charles R. Brown, D.D. 

The Pilgrim Press, Boston 

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH 

The Episcopal Church, George Hodges, D.D. 

The Macmillan Co., New York 

THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN THIS COUNTRY 

Three Hundred Years of the Episcopal Church, George 

Hodges, D. D. G. W. Jacobs and Co., Philadelphia 

How Our Church Came to This Country, HughL. Burleson, D.D. 

The Morehouse Publishing Co., Milwaukee 

THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN GENERAL 

Outlines of Church History, Rudolf Sohm 

The Macmillan Co., New York 

THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY 

The History of Christianity from St. Paul to Phillips Brooks, 
William E. Gardner, D.D. 

Thomas Whittaker, New York 

CITIZENSHIP 

Preparing for Citizenship, William Backus Guitteau 

Houghton, Mifflin Co., Boston 
Good Citizenship, Julia Richman and Mrs. Isabel R. Wallach 

American Book Co., Boston 
How We Are Governed, A. L. Dawes 

Ginn and Co., Boston 
Our Government; How It Grew, What It Does, and How It 
Does It, Jesse Macy Ginn and Co. 

The American Republic, S. E. Forman 

The Century Co., New York 
Community Civics, Ray Osgood Hughes 

Allyn and Bacon, Boston 
Land of Fair Play, Geoffrey Parsons 

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 
My Country, Grace Alice Turkington 

Ginn and Co., Boston 

401 



Books and Pictures 



CRAFT WORK 

Wood Carving in Harper's Indoor Book for Boys, Joseph 
Henry Adams Harper and Bros., New York 

Practical Basketry, Anna A. Gill 

D. MacKay, Philadelphia 
The Art Crafts for Beginners, Frank G. Sanford 

The Century Co., New York 
How to Make Baskets, Mary White 

Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City, New York 

DRAWING 

New Augsburg's Drawing Books, De Resco Leo Augsburg 

Educational Publishing Co., Boston 
Design in Theory and Practice, Ernest A. Batchelder 

The Macmillan Co., New York 

ELECTRICITY 

Harper's Electricity Book for Boys, Joseph Henry Adams 

Harper and Bros., New York 
How to Become a Wireless Operator, Charles Brian Hayward 

American Technical Society, Chicago 
Boy Electrician, Alfred Powell Morgan 

Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, Boston 

FIRST AID 

First Aid for Boys, Norman B. Cole and Clayton H. Ernst 

D. Appleton and Co., New York 
Emergencies, C. V . Gulick 

Ginn and Co., Boston 
American Red Cross Abridged Textbook on First Aid, Charles 
Lynch and Matthew J. Shields 

Blakeston and Co., Philadelphia 

FIRST AID TO ANIMALS 

Diseases of Animals, Nelson S. Mayo 

The Macmillan Co., New York 
The Dog Book, James Watson 

Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City, New York 

FISHING 

The Fine Art of Fishing, Samuel G. Camp 

Century Publishing Co., New York 
The Boy with the U. S. Fisheries, Francis William Rolt-Wheeler 
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co., Boston 
Practical Fly Fishing, Larry St. John 

The Macmillan Co., New York 

402 



Books ani> Pictures 



FORESTRY 

Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them, Harriett L. Keeler 

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 
The Book of Foresty, Filibert Roth 

Ginn and Co., Boston 
The Forester's Manual, Ernest Evan S. Thompson 

Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City, New York 

HEALTH 

The People's Health, Walter Moore Coleman 

The Macmillan Co., New York 

The Body in Health, Michael Vincent 0?S>hea and John Haven 

Kellogg The Macmillan Co., New York 

HEALTH HABITS 

Manual of Personal Hygiene, George D. Bussey 

Ginn and Co., Boston 
Keeping in Condition, Harry Hascall Moore 

The Macmillan Co., New York 

HORSEMANSHIP 

Modern Riding and Horse Education, James Frederick N. Birch 

William C. Jenkins Co., New York 
Horse, Guns and Dogs, /. Otho Paget and Others 

Longmans, Green and Co., New York 

LIFE SAVING 

The Life Savers, James Otis Kaler 

Dutton and Co., New York 
Boy with the U. S. Life Savers, Francis William Rolt-W heeler 

Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co., Boston 

LIFE WORK 

Choosing a Vocation, Frank Parsons 

Houghton, Mifflin Co., Boston 
Profitable Vocations for Boys, E. W. Weaver and J. Frank Byler 

The A. S. Barnes Co., New York 
Business Employments, F. J. Allen 

Ginn and Co., Boston 
If I Were Twenty-one, Wm. M. Maxwell 

J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia 
Making the Most of Ourselves, C. D. Wilson 

A. C. McClurg and Co., Chicago 
Occupations, Gowin and Wheatley 

Ginn and Co., Boston 

403 



Books and Pictures 

Succeeding With What You Have, Charles M. Schwab 

The Century Co., New York 
Harper's Machinery Book for Boys, Joseph Henry Adams 

Harper and Bros., New York 
Amateur Mechanic, Archie Frederick Collins 

D. Appleton and Co., New York 
How to Make Things, Archibald Williams 

Sully and Kleinteich, New York 
The Ministry, Charles Lewis Slattery 

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 

MARKSMANSHIP 

American Game Birds and Shooting, George Bird Grinnell 

Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York 
Boy's Book of Hunting and Fishing, Warren Hastings Miller 

G. H. Doran and Co., New York 
How to Shoot, Major James A. Moss 

Geo. Banta Publishing Co., Wisconsin 

MENTAL PREPARATION FOR LIFE 

The Efficient Life, Luther H. Gulick 

Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City, New York 
College and the Man, David Starr Jordan 

American Unitarian Association, Boston 
How to Study Effectively, Guy Montrose Whipple 

Public School Publishing Co., Bloomington, 111. 

MUSIC AND BUGLING 
History of Music, W. J. Baltzell Presser, Philadelphia 

Field Musician's Manual, Daniel J. Canty 

The Author, Woburn, Mass. 

The Trumpeter's Manual, William C. Lombard 

John Morley Co., Boston 

The Military Drummer, Carlton Edward Gardner 

Fischer, New York 
How to Listen to Music, Henry Edward Krehbiel 

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 
Young People's Story of Music, Ida Prentice Whitcomb 

Dodd, Mead and Co., New York 

NATURE LORE 
ANIMALS 

Animal Secrets Told, Harry Chase Brearley 

F. A. Stokes and Co., New York 

American Natural History, William Temple Hornaday 

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 

404 



Books and Pictures 

BIRDS 

Birds Worth Knowing, Ncltje Blanchan 

Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City, New York 
Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America, Frank Michler 
Chapman D. Appleton and Co., New York 

Birds on Boston Common, Horace Winslow Wright 

Houghton, Mifflin Co., Boston 



Who's Who Among the Wild Flowers and Ferns, Willey Ingra- 
ham Beecroft Moffat, Yard and Co., New York 

How to Know the Ferns, Mrs. F. T. Dana 

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 



Sea Beach at Ebb-tide, Augusta Foote Arnold 

The Century Co., New York 
American Food and Game Fishes, David Starr Jordan and 
Berton Evermann 

Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City, New York 
The Shell Book, Julia Ellen Rogers 

Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City, New York 

FLOWERS 

Field Book of the Flowers, F. S. Mathews 

G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York 
Flower Guide, Chester Albert Reed W. B. Clarke Co., Boston 



Insect Life, John Henry Comstock 

D. Appleton and Co., New York 
Insect Adventures, Jean Henri Fabre 

Dodd, Mead and Co., New York 

MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES 

How to Know the Butterflies, John Henry and AnnaB. Comstock 

D. Appleton and Co., New York 
Moths and Butterflies, Mary C. Dickerson 

Ginn and Co., Boston 
Butterfly Book, William Jacob Holland 

Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City, New York 



Book of Useful Plants, Julia Ellen Rogers 

Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City, New York 
Stories of Luther Burbank, EJfie Young Slusser and Others 

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 

405 



Books and Pictures 

ROCKS 

Minerals and How to Study Them, Edward S. Dana 

Wiley 
The Strange Adventure of a Pebble, Hallam Hawksworth 

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 
Boy Mineral Collection, Jay G. Kelley 

J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia 

Every Boy's Book of Geology, Arthur F. Trueman and W. Perci- 

val Westell London 

SNAKES 

The Reptile Book, Raymond Lee Ditmars 

Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City, New York 

TREES AND SHRUBS 

Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs, F. S. Mathews 

G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York 
Our Native Trees, Helen Keller 

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 
Trees and Shrubs, Charles S. Sargent 

Houghton, Mifflin Co., Boston 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

Photography for Young People, Tudor Jenks 

F. A. Stokes and Co., New York 
Why My Photographs Are Bad, C. M. Taylor 

G. W. Jacobs and Co., Philadelphia 

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT 

Physical Training for Boys, Milton Newman Bunker 

Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co., Boston 
Physical Training, E. John Solano 

The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis 

PETS 

Pet Book, Mrs. Anna B. Comstock 

Comstock Publishing Co., Ithaca, New York 
Pets, Their History and Care, Lee S. Crandall 

Henry Holt and Co., New York 
Pets for Pleasure and Profit, Alpheus Hyatt Verrill 

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 

POULTRY-KEEPING 

Poultry Keeping, Mrs. E. and Sidney H. Comyns 

Sully and Kleinteich, New York 
American Poultry Culture, R. B. Sando 

The Century Publishing Co., New York 

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Books and Pictures 



sculpture 

Famous Sculpture, Charles Lester Barstow 

The Century Co., New York 
Greek Sculpture, Esther Mary Hurll 

Houghton, Mifflin Co., Boston 

SOCIAL GAMES FOR BOYS 

Games, Jerrie Hubb ell Bancroft 

The Macmillan Co., New York 
Ice Breakers, Edna Geister 

The Woman's Press, New York 
Book of Games and Parties, Theresa Hunt Wolcott 

Small, Maynard and Co., Boston 

SWIMMING 

Swimming, Joseph Henry Patrick Brown 

Small, Maynard and Co., Boston 
Swimming, Edwin Tenny Brewster 

Houghton, Mifflin Co., Boston 
Swimming and Watermanship, L. deB. Handley 

The Macmillan Co., New York 

THINGS A BOY CAN DO 

Harper's Outdoor Book for Boys, Joseph Henry Adams 

Harper and Bros., New York 
Every Boy's Book of Hobbies, Cecil Henry Bullivant 

Dodge Publishing Co., New York 
Money Making for Boys, Archie Frederick Collins 

Dodd, Mead and Co., New York 
Every Boy's Book of Handicraft, Chelsea Curtis Eraser 

The Page Co., Boston 

Magazines for Boys 

The American Boy, 

The Sprague Publishing Co., 
American Bldg., 

Detroit, Mich. Price, 32.50 

The Open Road, 

248 Boylston Street, 

Boston, Mass. Price, 32.50 

For older boys. 

Saint Nicholas, 

The Century Co., 

New York, N. Y. Price, 34.00 

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Section 3. Pictures 



Fortunately for The Order of Sir Galahad, artists 
have chosen our hero as a subject for the display of 
their genius. The famous painting by George Fred- 
erick Watts, "Sir Galahad," hangs in the Tate 
Gallery in London. Reproductions of this in various 
sizes can be secured of any picture dealer. 

The Abbey pictures in the Boston Public Library 
are wonderful. Each unit of the Order should possess 
one or more of these. They can be secured in sepia, 
monotone, or in color in oils. For price list, see the 
last page of Abbey's Holy Grail, Comment, by 
Lindsay Swift. The complete set of fifteen pictures 
in sepia, fifteen inches wide, is 3144; thirty-six 
inches wide, 3444. 

A picture published by the Association Press, 
called "His New Day," is very desirable for a boy's 
room or for a clubroom.* The largest size, 18 x 27, 
sells in sepia for 35. 

*See page 180. 



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APPENDIX 

Section 1. The Charter for a Court of The Order of Sir 

Galahad . 
Section 2. Suggested By-Laws for a Court of The Order 

of Sir Galahad. 
Section 3. The Honorary Council of The Order of Sir 

Galahad. 



APPENDIX 

Section 1. The Charter for a Court of the Order of Sir 
Galahad 

to whom these presents shall come 

The Supreme Director and Council of 

THE ORDER OF SIR GALAHAD 
INCORPORATED 

SEND GREETING 

WHEREAS a petition has been presented to us by 



all being members in good standing of Parish, 

in the in the Diocese of , 

praying that they, with all others who shall hereafter join them 
may be constituted into an accredited Court of The Order of 
Sir Galahad, 

KNOW YE THEREFORE that We, the Supreme Director 
and Council aforesaid, reposing special trust and confidence in 
the prudence and fidelity of the persons above named, have 
constituted, and by these presents do constitute them an ac- 
credited Court of The Order of Sir Galahad, under the title and 
designation of 



hereby giving and granting unto them and their successors full 
power and authority to open and hold from time to time a Court 
of The Order of Sir Galahad and to transact all matters relating 
to The Order of Sir Galahad which to them may appear to be 
for the good of the Order. 

IN CONSIDERATION NEVERTHELESS that the said 
constituted Court does covenant and agree to uphold the pur- 
poses and usages of the Order as set forth in the official Manual; 
to promote the spirit and ideals of the Order as interpreted by 

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the Supreme Director and Council, recognizing in that body the 
central authority of the Order; regularly to pay, or cause to be 
paid, annually, to the Supreme Director and Council all lawful 
dues; and to surrender this Charter, automatically become void, 
if the foregoing conditions be not complied with, forfeiting 
therewith the right to use the appellations "Galahad Club" 
and "The Order of Sir Galahad." 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We, the Supreme Director* 
and Secretary of the Council, by virtue of the power and au- 
thority to us committed, have hereunto set our hands, and caused 

the Seal of The Order of Sir Galahad to be affixed at , 

this day of Anno 

Domini, one thousand nine hundred and 

By order of the Supreme Director and Council 

Supreme Director 

Secretary- 
Section 2. Suggested By-Laws for a Court of The Order 
of Sir Galahad 

I. NAME 

This Court shall be called Court of 

The Order of Sir Galahad. 

II. OBJECT 

The object of this Court shall be to further the aims of the 
Order as expressed in the Act of Incorporation, and to abide by 
the requirements of the Order, as set forth in the Charter. 

III. RECOGNITION OF THE CENTRAL AUTHORITY 

This Court recognizes the authority of the Supreme Director 
and Council of the Order and accedes to the requirements set 
forth in its Charter and the official standard of organization set 
forth in the Manual for Leaders. 

IV. OFFICERS 

1. The Rector or Curate of the Parish shall be the Director 

of the Court. 

2. The principal officers shall be three in number, chosen 

from and elected by the Knights annually. 

(a) The King, who shall be the presiding officer. 

(b) The Knight of the Treasury, who shall have 
charge of the funds. 

(c) The Knight of the Records, who shall keep 
the Court Records. 

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3. The minor officers shall be: 

(a) The Keepers of the Wardrobe. 

(b) The Masters of the Sports. 

(c) A President, Secretary, Treasurer and Cabinet 
for the Esquires. 

(d) A President, Secretary, Treasurer and Cabinet 
for the Pages. 

(e) A President, Secretary, Treasurer and Cabinet 
for the Lads. 

V. MEMBERSHIP 

1. Young men in good standing in the Episcopal Church 
and boys in regular attendance in the Church School, and others 
deemed worthy by the Director may be initiated. 

2. There shall be a body of men appointed by the Director, 
called Associate Counselors, who shall be responsible for the 
work and welfare of the Court. 

3. There may be an unlimited number of adult parishioners 
known as Sustaining Associates, each one of whom shall pay 
an annual fee of one dollar. 

4. Young women may, by vote of the Knights, be admitted 
to associate membership, and called Ladies of the Court. 

VI. MEETINGS 

The Court in any one division or as a whole shall hold 
meetings as arranged by the Director. 

VII. DISCIPLINE 

Habitual absence from Church or Church School, or habitual 
failure to do the work of the Church School, may be regarded as 
sufficient cause for suspension, temporary or permanent. 

VIII. INITIATIONS 

1. Each Degree shall have its own appropriate Initiation, 
according to the form prescribed in the Manual. 

2. Initiations shall be secret. 

Each Court may establish its own secret grip, pass words 
and all other unprescribed ceremony preliminary to the initiation. 

IX. DUES 

1. Dues shall be paid for six months of the year only. 

(b) By Lads, five cents a month. 

(b) By Pages, ten cents a month. 

(c) By Esquires, fifteen cents a month. 

(d) By Knights, twenty cents a month. 

(e) By Counselors of the Line, twenty-five cents a 
month. 

2. Failure to pay dues may cause loss of standing. 

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AMENDMENTS 



Amendments may be made by a two-thirds vote of the 
Knights present at any meeting duly called. 

Section 3. The Honorary Council of The Order of Sir 
Galahad 

HONORARY CHAIRMAN 

The Right Reverend William Lawrence, D.D., Bishop of Massa- 
chusetts 

CLERGY 

The Right Reverend Edward C. Acheson, D.D., Suffragan 

Bishop of Connecticut 
The Right Reverend Samuel G. Babcock, D.D., Suffragan 

Bishop of Massachusetts 
The Right Reverend Benjamin Brewster, D.D., Bishop of Maine 
The Right Reverend Thomas F. Davies, D.D., Bishop of Western 

Massachusetts 
The Right Reverend Arthur W. Moulton, D.D., Bishop of Utah 
The Right Reverend Herman Page, D.D., Bishop of Spokane 
The Right Reverend Edward L. Parsons, D.D., Bishop Coadju- 
tor of California 
The Right Reverend James DeWolf Perry, D.D., Bishop of 

Rhode Island 
The Right Reverend Theodore I. Reese, D.D., Bishop Coadju- 
tor of Southern Ohio 
The Right Reverend Philip M. Rhinelander, D.D., Bishop of 

Pennsylvania 
The Right Reverend Logan Herbert Roots, D.D., Bishop of 

Hankow. 
The Right Reverend W. Bertrand Stevens, D.D., Bishop Coadju- 
tor of Los Angeles 
The Right Reverend Nathaniel S. Thomas, D.D., Bishop of 

Wyoming 
The Reverend Howard K. Bartow, Rector of Christ Church, 

Quincy, Massachusetts. 
The Reverend Bernard I. Bell, D.D., President of St. Stephen's 

College 
The Rev. Hugh Birckhead, D.D., Rector of Emmanuel Church, 

Baltimore 
The Rev. W. Russell Bowie, D.D., Rector of St. Paul's, Richmond 
The Rev. Lester Bradner, Ph.D., Secretary of the Department 

of Education of the Presiding Bishop and Council. 
The Rev. Samuel S. Drury, D.D., Head Master of St. Paul's 

School 
The Rev. Prescott Evarts, Rector of Christ Church, Cambridge 
The Rev. Hughell E. W. Fosbroke, D.D., Dean of the General 

Theological Seminary 
The Rev. William E. Gardner, D.D., General Secretary of the 
Department of Education of the Presiding Bishop and 
Council 

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The Rev. Alexander Mann, D.D., Rector of Trinity Church, 

Boston 
The Rev. Remsen B. Ogilby, D.D., President of Trinity College 
The Very Rev. Howard C. Robbins, D.D., Dean of the Cathedral 

of St. John the Divine, New York City 
The Rev. F. H. Sill, O.H.C., Head Master of Kent School 
The Rev. Charles L. Slattery, D.D., Rector of Grace Church, 

New York City 
The Rev. William Austin Smith, D.D., Editor of the Churchman, 

New York City 
The Rev. William G. Thayer, D.D., Head Master of St. Mark's 

School 
The Rev. Samuel Tyler, D.D., Rector of St. Luke's Church, 

Rochester, N. Y. 
The Rev. William H. van Allen, D.D., Rector of the Church 

of the Advent, Boston 
The Rev. George F. Weld, Rector of All Saint's Church, Monte- 

cito, California 
The Rev. Clayton E. Wheat, Chaplain of the West Point Mili- 
tary Academy 
The Rev. Elwood Worcester, D.D., Rector of Emmanuel Church, 

Boston 

LAYMEN 

Mr. George Bramwell Baker, of Baker, Ayling and Young, 

Bankers, Boston 
Dr. Henry V. Bowditch, Physician, Boston 
Dr. Wilfred D. Grenfell, Labrador, Medical Missionary and 

Author 
Mr. George E. Lee, of Lee, Higginson and Co., Brokers, Boston 
The Hon. Andrew J. Peters, Mayor of Boston 
Mr. Charles E. Rogerson, President of the Boston Safe Deposit 

and Trust Co. 
Mr. Kenneth C. M. Sills, President of Bowdoin College 
Mr. Robert A. Woods, South End House, Boston 



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INDEX 



Page 

Abbey pictures of the Galahad story: 

Amfortas, death of 49 

Blanchefleur 48 

Castle of the Grail 43 

Castle of the Maidens 47 

City of Sarras 51 

Departure of Galahad 41 

Galahad the Deliverer, Frontispiece 

Golden Tree 52 

Key of the Castle 46 

Loathely Damsel 44 

Oath of Knighthood 37 

Round Table with Siege Peril- 
ous 39 

Seven Deadly Sins 45 

Solomon's Ship 50 

Vision of Sir Galahad 36 

(Address of Curtis & Cameron, 

publishers of the pictures) . . 397 
Books explaining the pictures. . 397 

Acknowledgments x 

Activities 15-20 

Books bearing on boys,. . . .398-407 
Addresses and speeches, See Talks 
Admission to the Order, See 

Membership 
Adolescent boys, holding, 8. .367-370 

Advent Conclaves 300 

Affiliation, ritual of 194-195 

Affiliation with Brotherhood of 

St. Andrew 20-21 

Knights of King Arthur 5,9 

Scouts 9-12 

Y. M. C. A 12-16 

Ages of members 8, 10, 24, 26-28 

Amfortas, King 35,42-44 

Andrew, Brotherhood of St 20-21 

Animals, interest in, 20, 218, 243, 244, 
259, 316 

Books on care of 402,406 

See also Natural History and 
Pets 

Arms of the Order xiv-xv 

Art, books on: 

Architecture 398 

Pictures 397, 398 

Sculpture 407 

Arthur, King. 38-41 

Knights of King 5, 9 

Associate Counselors, See Coun- 
selors, Associate 

Athletic Craft, Points in 317-318 

Athletics 304, 317-318 

At Camp 344-347, 359, 362-363 

Books on. 406 

See detailed Programs for 
(Lads) 197-222; (Pages) 223- 
245; (Esquires) 247-269; 
(Knights) 271-290. 



Page 

Attendance, at banquets 76-77 

At regular meetings 67 

See also Church attendance 
Authors of this Manual, See Col- 
laborators 

Badges 393-394 

Banners and pennants 391-392 

Banquets . 75-83 

Annual 75-80, 304 

Fathers and Sons'. . .81-82, 301-302 

Mothers and Sons' 82 

Financing 76-78 

Regalia at 78 

See also Suppers. 

Bible reading 228, 300 

"Big Brother" idea, 287, 323, 332-333 

Bird Study 315 

Blanchefleur, story of 48 

Boating.... 351, 356-357, 399, 400 

Books, helpful. 395-407 

Of the Boy Scouts 10, 201 

Of Y. M. C. A. 13-14, 204 

On boy activities and interests 

395-407 

On camping 371 

On the Galahad story, chivalry 

and knighthood 397-398 

Boxing and Wrestling, 259, 267, 283, 
284, 286, 289 
Boy Scouts, See Scouts. 
Brotherhood of St. Andrew. . . . .20-21 

Buttons 391-393 

By-Laws desirable for a Court 412-414 

Cabinet, King's, formation of 29 

Installation of 138 

Cabinets, Degree 66 

(Lads) 203, 210, 216; (Pages) 
226, 232, 240; (Esquires) 
250, 257, 264; (Knights) 
274, 281, 286. 

Camp 329-372 

Accidents, guarding against 

350-351, 356-358 

At East Sebago, Maine 5, 353 

Athletics.. 344-347. 359, 362-363 

Awards 358-359, 363-364 

Boating 347, 356-357 

Buildings vs. tents 337-338 

Business Management 349 

Discipline 358 

Equipment 337-340 

Expense 352-355 

Food and service 338-339 

Health protection, 334, 336-337, 

340, 350-351 

Play and sports. .339-340, 344-347 

Points made in Crafts 345-346 

Prize night 362 

Programs 341, 347-348 



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Page 

Camp (Continued) 

Relation to the Church, 364-367, 
369-370 

Religious features 364-367 

Reunions 302 

Rules 355-359 

Site, choice of 334-337 

Spirit of the 359-364 

Staff 348-352 

Swimming 357 

"Talking up," 255, 257, 258, 262 

Tents vs. buildings 337-338 

Value of 331-333 

Work in 341-344 

Camp Craft, Points in 318-319 

See Programs for Esquires, 257-263 

Camping, books on 371, 400 

Castle of the Grail (picture) 35, 42-44 

Castle of the Maidens (picture) 47, 
45-47 

Chapters of the Order, See Court 

Charities, Associated, work for, 
See Community. 

Charter, form of 411-412 

How secured 60 

Chivalry, ancient 53-54 

Books relating to 397-398 

Ideals of 52-55, 62-63 

Modern 54-55 

Motto of Knights 191 

Stories of 35-52 

Chivalry Craft, Pointsin 323-324 

See also Knightliness and 
Service. 

Christian Citizenship Training, 

(Y. M. C. A.) 12-14 

Charts for 13-14 

Handbook for 204, 227 

Christmas Conclaves 301 

Gifts and parties. . .234, 275, 301 

Church, books on the, 400-401, 404 

Church, relation of Order to the, 6-7, 
25-26, 62-63, 65, 70, 89-91, 253, 
262, 276, 277, 295, 322-323, 367-370, 
Through the Coronation . . . 131-138 

Through the prayers 115-128 

Rituals for meetings 179-195 

Services 93-114 

Vigils and Initiations, 153-159 
161-178 

See also Church attendance. 
Church Craft. 
Church Building Craft. 
Church School. 
Church Service League. 
Church Symbol Craft. 
Clergy. 
Holy Week. 
Lent. 

Church (the building) symbolism 

of 325-326 

Use for coronations 63-64, 131 

Use for vigils 147-148 

Church attendance 70, 317 

(Lads) 207, 213, 214, 216, 218, 221 
(Pages) 230, 237, 238, 244 
(Esquires) 255, 262, 268 



Page 

Church attendance (Continued) 

(Knights)277, 279, 284-285, 289 
See also Holy Communion and 
Lent. 
Church Catechism, embodied in 

the Quest 89-91 

Church Craft, Points in 316-317 

Church School, membership req- 
uisite 7, 413 

Relation of Order to, 24, 209, 213, 
215, 216, 225, 287 
See also Church Service League. 
Church School Craft, Points in 

326-327 
Church Service League, Church 

School Service League, 8, 15-17, 
24,240, 322-323 
See also its various Fields — the 
Community, Diocese, Na- 
tion, Parish and World. 
Church Year, See special heads, 
Advent, Christmas, Holy 
Week. 

Citizenship, books on 401 

Citizenship Craft, Points in. .324-325 
See Programs of Knights' meet- 
ings for detailed mention. 

City Craft, Points in 320-322 

See Programs of Knights' meet- 
ings for detailed mention. 
Civics, See Citizenship and City 
Crafts, also Programs for 
Esquires and Knights. 

Clergy, suggestions for the 62-65 

At camp. 364-370 

Boys' interviews with 145—146 

Talks given by, to (Lads) 202, 205, 
208, 209, 214, 220; (Pages) 225, 
230, 233, 234, 237, 242 ,244; (Es- 
quires) 249, 253, 255, 262, 268; 
(Knights) 274, 281, 287. 
Coat-of-Arms of the Order,. . . .xiv-xv 
Collaborators on this Manual, 

xi-xii 

College, cultivating interest in, 70; 

Among (Lads) 205, 212; (Pages) 

227, 250; (Esquires) 257, 264; 

(Knights) 274, 276, 284, 286 

Colors of the Order xiv-xv 

Committees, Court. .28-29, 61, 71-72 

For banquets 75 

Plays 307-309 

Suppers 67-68, 293-294 

Communion, See Holy Commun- 
ion 
Community, work done for, 18-19, 71; 
by (Lads) 214, 219, 220; (Pages) 
234, 235; (Esquires) 253, 261, 267; 
(Knights) 275, 283, 288-289; (Full 
Conclaves) 299, 301. 
"Comrades," handbooks for boys 

and leaders 13 

Conclaves, Full 30, 299-304 

Ritual for 191-193 

Contents, Table of xvii-xxii 

Copley Prints x, 408 



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Page 

Copley Prints {Continued) 

See address of publishers, Cur- 
tis & Cameron 397 

See also Abbey Pictures. 

Coronation, as a pageant. .63—64, 131 

Equipment for 375—389 

Ritual of 131-138 

Corporate Communions, 86-87, 268, 

285, 290 

Service of preparation for. . . .95-97 

Costumes, See Regalia. 

Council, Honorary 414-415 

Supreme xii 

Counselors 26-27 

Ages of 26 

Associate 26 

Duties at camp 349-352 

In the King's Cabinet 27 

Initiation of 172-174 

Initiation of Associate. 143, 175-176 

Insignia of .393-394 

Meetings, program suggestions 

291-295 

Meetings, ritual for 189-190 

Motto 27, 191 

Regalia, ceremonial 382-383 

Regalia, standard 390-391 

Relation to boys 27, 68-71 

Voting power of 28 

Vow 173 

Work of 28,68-71 

Court of the Order, organizing a, 

26, 31-32 
Charter and suggested by-laws, 

411-414 

Court Committee, See Committees 

Crafts, with a Point System. .313-327 

Athletic 317-318 

Camp 318-319 

Chivalry 323-324 

Church 316-317 

Church building 325 

Church School 326-327 

Church Symbolism 325-326 

Citizenship 324-325 

City 320 

Club 314 

Health 318 

Indian 315 

Knightliness and Service.. .322-323 

Military 322 

Scout 316 

Sea 320 

Sky 319-320 

Wood 315-316 

Cub Scouts 10 

Curtis & Cameron (publishers of 

Abbey pictures) 397 

Damsel, Loathely, (picture) 44 

Dancing 85, 261, 275, 282 

Debates and discussions; among 
(Lads) 203, 210; (Pages) 227, 233, 
235; (Esquires) 251, 252, 254, 260, 
268; (Knights) 277, 278, 279, 283, 
288, 290; (Counselors) 294; (be- 
tween Courts) 283, 288. 



Page 

Degree Cabinets, forming, 30, 66; 

among (Lads) 203, 210, 216; (Pages) 

226,234,240; (Esquires) 250, 257, 

264; (Knights) 274, 281, 286. 

Degree Executives 30 

Degree Prayers 30, 113-114 

See also Prayers. 

Degree Teams 30, 148 

Degrees, the Five 24, 26-28 

Departure of Sir Galahad (pic- 
ture) 41 

Devotional side of "Foursquare 

Men," at camp 364-370 

At regular meetings — See de- 
tailed programs of the sev- 
eral Degrees. See also Church, 
Holy Communion and Pray- 
ers. 
Diagram showing relation of Or- 
der to the Church 24 

Diocese, work done for, 19; by (Lads) 
207, 220; (Pages) 234-235, 243; (Es- 
quires) 254, 266; (Knights) 277, 289 
Director of Camp, qualifications 

of 348-349 

Director, Supreme. .. .xii, 6, 31, 60 
Discipline, 67, 68, 69, 79, 251, 355- 
359, 363-364, 413 
Discussions, See Debates. 
Dramatics, 19, 251, 260, 265, 266, 
277, 278, 287, 305-310 

Business management of 308 

Choice of plays 4, 307, 309 

Co-operation of girls 309 

In service to others, 266, 277, 283, 
289 

Preparation 307-308 

Properties 308 

To raise money 307-308 

Value of such practice 308-309 

Dues 67,76,413 

Duty summarized in Quest of the 

Holy Grail ...89-91 

Easter, See Holy Communion 

and Lent. 
Emblems of the Order, xiv-xv, 390-393 
Entertainments: See Banquets, 
Dramatics, Full Conclaves; 
also consult detailed pro- 
grams of the various Degrees 

199-290 

Episcopal Church, books on 401 

Relation of Order to, See Church. 

Equipment .149-150 

See also Coronation, Initiation, 
Insignia and Regalia. 

Esquires (Third Degree) 24, 27 

Initiation 166-167 

Insignia 393-394 

Meetings, programs for. . . .247-269 

Meetings, ritual for 185-186 

Motto 27 

Regalia, ceremonial 379-380 

Regalia, standard 390, 391 

Vigil 155-156 

Vow 167 

Work done by — See the five 



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Page 

Esquires (Third Degree, Continued) 
fields of service, Parish, 
Community, Diocese, Na- 
tion, World. 

Excalibur (King's sword) 133, 137 

Executives, Degree 30 

Expense, of banquets 77-79 

Of camping 352-355 

Family pew, the 86 

Fathers, consulting the 59 

Counselors acting for the 295 

Fathers and Sons' banquet 81—82 

Prayers for 126-128 

Services for 86, 104 

Fields, Five, of Service, work 
done in the, — See Parish, 
Community, Diocese, Nation, 
World. 
Fifth Degree, See Counselors. 

First Aid Work 229, 230, 316 

Books on 402, 403 

First Degree, See Lads. 

Fishing, books on 402 

Five Fields of Service, the, 14, 16-20, 
206, 213, 314 
See also Parish, Community, 
Diocese, Nation, World. 
Flag, American, 205, 212, 219, 256, 
303, 324 
Flags, banners and pennants of 

the Order 391-392 

Forms for various Services. . . .95—112 

See also Rituals. 
"Foursquare Men," — idea of the 

Y. M. C. A 13, 14, 200 

See detailed programs of the 
various Degrees, 199-290, 
for development of the idea. 
Fourth Degree, See Knights. 
Full Conclaves. .30, 191-193, 299-304 
Funds, See Dues and Expenses. 

Galahad Boy's Quest, the 89-91 

Galahad Edition of Scout Hand- 
book.. 10 

Galahad, Sir, arms of xiv-xv 

Books relating to 397-398 

Pictures showing ii, 35-52 

Poem about iii 

Song 22 

Story of 35-52, 220 

Why chosen as patron 6 

Galahad Quest, for boys 89-91 

Galahad Song 22 

Yell 182, 184, 186 

Games, books on 249, 407 

Girls at banquets 84 

As Associate members 413 

At dances 85, 261, 275, 282 

Chivalrous relation to 324 

In dramatics 84, 309 

Giving to others, See Parish, 
Community, Diocese, Na- 
tion, World. 

Golden Tree, the (picture) 51-52 

Grail, the Holy 35-52, 64, 98 

Books bearing upon 397-398 



Page 

Grouping members by age, 8, 10, 24, 
26-28 

Hallowe'en gatherings 299-300 

See also programs of.the various 
Degrees. 

Handicrafts, books on 402, 407 

See programs of the various 
Degrees. 
Health, training for, — with (Lads) 
206, 211, 213, 216, 219; (Pages) 
228, 233, 234, 242; (Esquires) 251, 

252, 253, 258, 259, 260, 266; 
(Knights) 276; See also Athletics 

and Health Craft. 

Health, books on care of 403 

Health Craft, Points in 318 

"Helpfulness," as motto for Lads 163 

Hikes, for (Lads) 212, 219, 221; (Pages) 

237, 243, 245; (Esquires) 251-252, 

253, 255, 262, 268; (Knights) 280, 
285, 290. 

From camp as a centre, 346-347, 
357-358 

His New Day, (picture) 180, 408 

History of the Order 3-6 

Of the U. S.,— See Citizenship, 
Flag, Patriotism. 

Holy Communion 64, 70 

Connection of the Grail with. . 35 

Corporate 86-87 

Preparation for the 95-103 

See also, in the various pro- 
grams, suggestions for the 
boys. 
Holy Grail, Quest of the, 35-52, 64, 98 

Books relating to 397-398 

Holy Week, observance of, — See 
programs for the various De- 
grees 197-290 

See also Lent. 
Home life, connections with, 70, 
81-85, 122, 205 
See also Fathers and Sons, and 
Mothers and Sons. 

Honorary Council 414-415 

Horseplay 143-144 

Horsemanship, See Military Craft. 
Hospitals, work for, — See Com- 
munity and Diocese. 
Hyde, W. deWitt, his Prayer for 

Boys 123-124 

Illustrations, plates and diagrams: 
Galahad the Deliverer, Frontispiece 
Coat of Arms of the Order.... xiv 
Relation of the Order to the 

Church 24 

The Vision of Sir Galahad 36 

The Oath of Knighthood 37 

The Round Table of King 

Arthur 39 

The Departure 41 

Castle of the Grail 43 

The Loathely Damsel 44 

Seven Deadly Sins 45 

Key of the Castle 46 

Castle of the Maidens 47 

Blanchefleur 48 



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Page 

Illustrations, plates and diagrams 
{Continued) 

Death of Amfortas 49 

Solomon's Ship 50 

City of Sarras 51 

The Golden Tree 52 

Forth to the Quest 88 

The First Step 116 

The Galahad Room at St. 
Stephen's, Lynn, Mass.. .... 130 

Waiting to be tested 142 

Staunch in his stand 162 

"God prosper thee in thy vow" 170 

His New Day 180 

The Siege Perilous 236 

"And follow all that makes a 

man" 313 

All in! The Swimming Hour. . 331 

Camp at Sebago Lake, Me 334 

A dive in the lake 345 

Comfort over night 346 

Camp O-AT-KA 353 

Colors at camp 360 

Chapel at camp 366 

Chapel interior 368 

A Galahad room 375 

Plate I, Lad's ceremonial regalia 376 
Plate II, Page's ceremonial re- 
galia 378 

Plate III, Esquire's ceremonial 

regalia 380 

Plate IV, Knight's ceremonial 

regalia 381 

Plate V, Counselor's ceremonial 

regalia 382 

Plate VI, King's ceremonial re- 
galia 384 

Plate VII, Archbishop's cere- 
monial regalia 385 

Plate VIII, Monk's ceremonial 

regalia 386 

Plate IX, Candle-bearer's cere- 
monial regalia 388 

Plate X, Herald's ceremonial re- 
galia 389 

Plate XI, Standard regalia for all 

Degrees 390 

Plate XII, Flags and pennants.. 392 
Plate XIII, Badges, buttons and 

pins 393 

Incorporation of the Order, xiii, 31 

Indian Craft, Points in 315 

Initiations 29-30, 143-178 

Of Lads 163 

Pages 164-165 

Esquires 166-167 

•Knights 168-171 

Counselors of the Line. .172-174 
Associate Counselors, 143, 175, 
176 
Preliminary work, leading 

to .141-160 

Ritual to close all 177-178 

Insignia 391-394 

Installation of King's Cabinet.. 138 
Joseph of Arimathea 35-36, 40, 52 



Page 

King, choice of 28 

Coronation of, 63-64, 131-138, 
375-387 

Regalia of 383-384 

King's Chief Adviser 28 

King Arthur, — See Arthur. 
Knighthood, books relating to 

397-398 
Knightliness and Service Craft, 

52-55, 322-323 
See also Chivalry Craft. 

Knights (Fourth Degree) 27 

Initiation 168-171 

Insignia 391-394 

Meetings, programs for. . . .271-290 

Meetings, ritual for 187-188 

Motto 27 

Regalia, ceremonial 381, 383 

Regalia, standard 390, 391 

Responsibility for leadership, 66, 
276, 281, 287 

Vigil 157-159 

Vow 169 

Work done, — See Parish, Com- 
munity, Diocese, Nation, 
World. 
"Knights of King Arthur," rela- 
tion of Order to 5, 9 

Lads (First Degree) 28 

Initiation 163 

Insignia 391-394 

Motto 28 

Programs for meetings 197-221 

Ritual for meetings 181-182 

Regalia, ceremonial 376, 379 

Regalia, standard 387, 390 

Vow 163 

Work done, — See Parish, Com- 
munity, Diocese, Nation, 
World. 
Leaders, how to obtain, 65-66, 276, 
281, 287 

Responsibility of 68-70 

Training 277 

Leaders within the Degrees, — See 

Degree Cabinets. 
"Leaders," Manual for (Y. M. 

C. A.) 204 

Lectures and Addresses, — See 

Talks. 
Lent, observance of, 20; by (Lads) 
207, 208, 214, 220; (Pages) 230, 
237, 238, 244; (Esquires) 255, 262. 
268; (Knights) 279, 284, 304. 
See the Programs for details. 
Life Work, — See Vocations. 

Lincoln Conclaves 302-303 

Loathely Damsel, the (picture) . 44 

Magazines for boys 407 

Manual training, — See Crafts 

and Handicrafts. 
Martin, John, — See certain pray- 
ers 121-123 

Meetings by Degrees 67, 200-201 

In Full Conclave 191-193 

Of Lads, programs for 197-222 

Ritual for 181-182 



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Meetings by Degrees {Continued) 

Pages, programs for. . . .223-245 

Ritual for 183-184 

Esquires, programs for.. 247-270 

Ritual for 185-186 

Knights, programs for. .271-290 

Ritual for 187-188 

Counselors, programs for, 

291—295 

Ritual for 189-190 

Membership, building up, 202, 209, 

215, 225, 231, 239, 249, 256, 263, 273 

Conditions of, 7, 25-26, 27-28, 59-60, 

143-146,413 

In the Counselor's Degree, 

26-27, 143 
See also Affiliation. 
Memorial Service, form for a. . . . 110 

Men's Club 27, 143 

Methods of the Order 23-32 

Military Craft, Points in, 322 

Missions, 19-20; presented to (Lads) 
214, 220; (Pages) 230, 235, 238, 
239, 244; (Esquires) 254, 255, 256, 
262, 266, 268; (Knights) 276, 284, 
285, 289. 
Missions, Domestic, — See Dio- 
cese, Nation. 
Foreign, — See World. 
Money earning, 207, 214, 243, 251, 
260, 262, 265, 266, 268, 279, 281, 
282, 288, 301, 307, 354-355. 

Mothers, consulting 59 

And Sons' banquet 82 

And Sons' Service 107 

Entertainments for 237, 254 

Help obtainable from. . . .. 68, 83 

Mothers' Day 107 

Mottoes of the five Degrees 191 

Music, books on 404 

For the Vigils 154, 156, 159 

See also Galahad Song and 
Singing. 
Nation, work for the, by (Lads) 214, 
220; (Pages) 238, 244; (Esquires) 
255, 259; (Knights) 285, 290. 
Natural History, books on. . .404-405 
See Animals and Pets. 

New Year's Conclave 301-302 

"Obedience," — motto of Pages ...164 
See also Discipline. 

Officers of the Court 28-29 

In the Degrees, — See Degree 
Cabinets and Leaders. 
Order of Sir Galahad, aims and 

purposes 7-9, 24-26, 367-369 

History of 3-6 

Incorporation of xiii, 31 

Inter-relation of Degrees 24 

Reasons for organization 24-26 

Relation to Brotherhood of St. 

Andrew 20-21 

Church 6-7, 367-370 

Knights of King Arthur 5,9 

Boy Scouts 9-12 

Y. M. C. A 13 



Pace 
Order of Sir Galahad, aims and 
purposes (Continued) 

The unit a Court 31-32 

See also Club Craft. 
Organization of a Court of the 

Order... 31-32, 57-72, 411-414 
Out-of-door Life, — See Athletic 
Craft, Camps, Health, Hikes, 
Indian Craft, Scout Craft, 
Sea Craft, Sky Craft, Wood 
Craft. 
Pageant, the Coronation as a.. 63-64 

At camp 359 

Pages (Second Degree) 28 

Initiation 164-165 

Insignia 391-394 

Meetings, programs for. . . .223-245 

Meetings, ritual for 183-184 

Motto 28 

Regalia, ceremonial 378-379 

Regalia, standard 387, 390 

Vigil 153-154 

Vow 164 

Work done by, — See Commun- 
ity, Diocese, Parish, Nation, 
World. 

Parents, interesting the 59 

See also Fathers, Home Life, 
Mothers. 
Parish, developing loyalty to, — in 
(Lads) 204, 206, 207, 208, 211, 213, 
214, 217, 218, 219, 220; (Pages) 
228, 230, 233, 234, 238, 240, 242, 
244, 245; (Esquires) 253, 255, 258, 
262, 265, 268; (Knights) 277, 279, 
282, 285, 287, 288, 290; (Coun- 
selors) 71-72, 295. 
See also the Crafts most closely 
related to parish life, 316-317, 

325-327 
Parish House, Galahad rooms 

in a .130, 375 

Parliamentary usage, See De- 
bates. 
Patriotism, teaching, 205, 212, 219, 
256, 303, 324-325 
See also Flag, Citizenship, 
Military Craft. 
Patrols (Scout), recognition of. . . 12 

Pennants 391-392 

Pets, books on care of 402 

See also Animals and Natural 
History. 

Pictures, books on 398 

Specially desirable .• • • • 398 

Where obtainable (Curtis & 

Cameron) 408 

See also Illustrations. 

Pins... 393-394 

"Pioneers," — handbooks for boys 

and leaders .13-14 

Physical training, — See Athletic 
Craft, Camping, "Four- 
square" idea, Health, Hikes, 
etc. 
Plates and Diagrams: 

Coat of Arms of the Order. . . xiv-xv 



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Page 

Plates and Diagrams (Continued) 

Regalia and insignia 376-393 

Relation of Order to Church. . 24 
Play, — See Camping, Games, 
Athletic Craft, etc., also de- 
tailed programs for the 
various Degrees. 
Plays, — See Dramatics. 

Point System, the 16-17, 311-327 

See the various Crafts for lists 
of Points. 
Prayers, 98-114, 117-128, 205-206, 
400-401 

In the camp 364-367 

For the various Degrees... 113-114 

Older boys 118-124 

The Order 125-126 

Younger boys 105, 117 

Youth and manhood 126 

Parents 105, 108, 126-127 

Sons 127-128 

See also Rituals and Services. 
Preparation: 

For banquets and suppers, 75-80, 
81-83, 293-294 

The Coronation 131-132 

First organization of a 

Court 59-61 

Initiations 141-160 

Holy Communion, 95-97, 

98-103 
Regular Degree meetings . 68-70 

Of this Manual xi-xii 

Programs: 

For Lads 199-221 

Pages 223-245 

Esquires 247-269 

Knights 271-290 

Counselors 291-295 

Full Conclaves 298-304 

General suggestions on 199-201 

In the camp .341-348 

Who should be responsible for, 

66, 278, 281-282, 287 
Properties, for the Coronation, 

131-134, 375-394 

For dramatics 308 

Initiations 149 

Vigils k 147-148 

See also Preparation. 
Publication, of Manuals of this 

Order ix, xi 

Punctuality 68-69 

Purpose of the Order, 24-25, 26, 
367-370 

Quest, the Galahad 89-91 

Story of the 35-52, 53-55 

Quest, through Duty to God and 

Neighbor 89-91 

Through the Holy Communion, 

98-103 
Rector, opportunities for, See 
Church and Clergy. 

Regalia 373-394 

At the beginning 61 

At a Coronation 131 

Directions for making 377-391 



Page 

Regalia (Continued) 

Help in preparing 83 

Ceremonial, for Lads 376, 379 

For Pages 378-379 

Esquires 379-380 

Knights 381, 383 

Counselors 382-383 

King 383-384 

Archbishop 385, 387 

Monk 386, 387 

Candle-bearer 387, 388 

Herald 387,389 

Standard, for regular meetings 
of Degrees: 

For Lads 387-390 

Pages 387, 390 

Esquires 390, 391 

Knights 390, 391 

Counselors 390, 391 

See also Banners and Insignia, 

391-394 
Religious features of the Order, 
See Church, Clergy, Holy Com- 
munion, Lent, Prayer, Quest, 
Rituals, and Services. 

Ritual of Affiliation 194-195 

Coronation 131-138 

Full Conclaves 191-193 

Initiation of, 

Lads 163 

Pages 164-165 

Esquires 166-167 

Knights 168-171 

Counselors 172-174 

Associate Counselors, 

175-176 
For closing all initia- 
tions .177-178 

Installation of King's 

Cabinet 138-140 

Meetings of, 

Lads 181-182 

Pages .183-184 

Esquires 185-186 

Knights 187-188 

Counselors 189-190 

Vigil of Pages 153-154 

Esquires 155—156 

Knights 157-159 

Roosevelt Conclaves 303 

Round Table of King Arthur, 

38-39, 41 

Rules for Galahad boys, 89-91, 163, 

164, 167, 169, 173 

Sarras, city of (picture) 51 

School, Church, See Church 

School. 
School, Day, relation of Order to 

219, 227, 233 
See also College and Vocations. 
School, Sunday, See Church 
School. 

Scout Craft . . 316 

See also detailed suggestions in 
the programs for Lads, Pages 
and Esquires. 
Scout Oath 230 



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Scouts, Boy, co-operation with .10-12 
Handbook, Galahad Edition. . 10 
Knights of King Arthur and the 5 
Relation of this Order to the . . . 9-12 

Scout-master's Manual 201 

Scouts, Cub 10 

Sea Craft, Points in 320 

See also Boating, and Swim- 
ming. 
Second Degree, See Pages. 

Secrecy 5, 146, 150 

See also Rituals for Coronation 
and Initiation. 
Service Leagues, — See Church 

Service League. 
"Service," — motto of Counselors 19] 
Service to others, — See Parish, 
Community, Diocese, Na- 
tion, World. 
Services, for Fathers and Sons. . . 104 
Mothers and Sons. . 107 

other occasions 112 

Vigils 153-159 

Memorial 110 

Preparatory for ■ Holy 

Communion 95-103 

Seven Deadly Sins (picture) .... 45 

Ship, Solomon's (picture) 50 

Siege Perilous, the 38-40, 236 

Singing at meetings of (Lads) 203, 211, 
217; (Pages) 228, 239, 242; (Es- 
quires) 253, 256; (Knights) 280, 
283, 285, 286, 290. 

At camp 348, 351, 362 

At services 107-113 

Carols 301 

See also the Galahad Song. 
Sins, Seven Deadly (picture).. . 45-46 

Sky Craft, Points in 319-320 

Social Service, — See Community, 
Diocese, Nation, World. 

Solomon's Ship (picture) 50 

Song, the Galahad 22 

Speeches and addresses, — See 

Talks. 
Spiritual Development. .62, 367-370 
Part of "Foursquare" idea. ... 13 
See Church, Clergy, Prayers, 
Services. 
Stars, study of 261, 264, 265, 319-320 
Starting a Court of the Order. .59-72 
Sunday School, See Church School. 
Suppers, 67-68, 253, 273, 280, 285, 
290, 293-294, 300-301 
See also Banquets. 
Swimming, at camp, 334, 344, 357- 
358; (Esquires) 253, 254, 262, 265, 
267, 269; (Knights) 279, 289. 

Symbolism of the Church 325-326 

Coat of Arms . xv 
Galahad Quest 323 
Galahad story 

323-324 

Table of Contents xvii-xxii 

Table, the Round, of King Arthur, 

38-39, 41 



Page 

Talks, at banquets and suppers, 

80, 82, 295, 302-303 
Talks, desirable topics for (Lads) 202, 
204, 206, 207, 211, 212, 213, 214, 
215, 217, 218, 220; (Pages) 225, 
227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 
235, 237, 238, 239, 241, 242, 243, 244, 
245; (Esquires) 249, 251, 252, 253, 
254, 255, 256, 260, 261, 262, 264, 
266, 267, 268, 269; (Knights) 275, 
276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 
283, 284, 285, 286, 289, 290; (Coun- 
selors) 294, 295. 
Talks, desirable, for Full Con- 
claves 300-303 

Teams, Degree 30, 148 

Team-work, — See detailed Pro- 
grams for the various Degrees. 
Tennyson's poem, Sir Galahad 

(extract) iii 

Tests of candidates for Degrees 

144-146 

Thanksgiving Conclaves 300—301 

Third Degree, See Esquires. 

Thrift, teaching .268, 319, 354 

See also Money earning. 
Tribunals, how to conduct, 29 

143-146 

Troops, Scout 12 

"Truth," — motto of Esquires.. . . 191 
Uniforms, See Regalia. 
Unit of the Order, See Court. 
United States, Washington's 

prayer for the 124 

See also Citizenship, Flag, 
Patriotism. 

Valentine parties 244, 278 

Vestry, at banquets 78-80 

On the Court Committee. . . .29, 71 
Vigils and their purpose, 29, 146-148 

Equipment needed 147-148 

Music at 154 

Ritual for Pages 153-154 

Esquires 155-156 

Knights 157-159 

Vision of Sir Galahad, the (pic- 
ture) 36 

Vocations, books on 403-404 

Consideration of, 17, 242, 254, 261, 
262, 266, 269, 276, 290, 300. 

Vow of Lads 163 

Pages.... 164 

Esquires 167 

Knights 169 

Counselors 173 

Washington (George) Conclave. . 303 
prayer of. . 124 
Watts, G. F., painter of Sir Gala- 
had 4 

Weather, observations of 319-320 

Wig-wagging, See Scout Craft. 

Wood Craft, points in 315-316 

Work, at camp 341-344 

"Play" element in 15, 370 

Work done for others. See Parish, 
Community, Diocese, Na- 
tion, World. 



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Index 



Page 
World, rousing interest in work 

for, among (Lads) 207, 220; 
(Pages) 230, 23S, 245; (Esquires) 
256, 202, 268-209; (Kniehts) 276, 
284, 289, 290. 
Worship, See Church attendance, 
Holy Communion, Prayers, 
Services. 

Yell, the Galahad 182 

Y. M. C. A., Christian Citizen- 
ship Training 12-14, 200 



Page 
Y. M. C. A., Co-operation with.. 71 

"Foursquare" charts 13 

Handbook, its value 204 

Talks by representatives, to 

(Lads) 204, 219; (Pages) 227, 

243; (Esquires) 251, 252; 

(Knights) 283. 
Use of alleys, tables, tanks, etc., 

243, 253, 254, 262, 265. 278, 279. 

288, 289, 290. 



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PUBLICATIONS 

OF 

The Order of Sir Galahad 

The Manual for Leaders . . $1.50 

The Galahad Edition of the 

Boy Scout Handbook . . .50 

The Galahad Quest, to- 
gether with Prayers for 
Boys and a Boy's Own 
Preparation for the Holy 
Communion . . . Paper .10 

A Pageant of the Holy 
Grail, By the Rev. Du- 
Bose Murphy . . Paper .15 

The publications enumerated above, together 
with application blanks for charters, and price 
lists of flags, pennants, badges, pins and but- 
tons, may be obtained from the Headquarters 
of The Order of Sir Galahad, 1 Joy Street, 
Boston, Massachusetts. 



The Order of the Fleur de Lis 

FOR 

GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN 

OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH 

An organization, similar in type to The 
Order of Sir Galahad, worked out by a 
group of young women of St. Stephen's 
Parish, Lynn, Massachusetts. 

This Order has four Degrees: Little Sisters, 
Maids, Maidens and Ladies. 

Simple, inexpensive, mediaeval regalia, 
which adapt themselves admirably to serv- 
ices in the church, such as the Coronation, 
Installation of Officers and Vigil. 

Impressive rituals for secret Initiations to 
each Degree ; the Vow which each candidate 
takes at her Initiation held constantly be- 
fore the members ; Purity within Ourselves, 
Loyalty to our Church, and Service to 
Others. 

This organization is meeting a need, rapidly 
becoming more and more pressing in various parishes, 
of an appealing organization for girls and young 
women. A unique feature is that girls of widely 
different ages are held in happy comradeship in the 
one organization, which under proper leadership can 
become a real lay force in the parish. 

The number of Chapters in active and successful 
operation in different types of parishes is steadily 
increasing. 

A Central Council composed of representatives of 
existing Chapters is responsible for the management, 
the policies, and the expansion of the Order. This 
Council is now engaged in publishing a Manual to 
appear shortly, which will contain the combined 
experience of the various Chapters over a period of 
seven years. 

For full information in regard to the 
Order of the Fleur de Lis, write Miss Helen 
N. Mower, Chairman of the Central Coun- 
cil, One Joy Street, Boston, Mass. 



